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Albertans are so used to bad news these days that even good news comes under suspicion.
But for mental health reasons alone, we should allow the remarkable progress on vaccines to push cynicism aside.
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On Dec. 2, Premier Jason Kenney said the first COVID-19 vaccine would start arriving in Alberta by Jan. 5.
That was momentarily controversial. Federal officials said they weren’t aware of that date.
But two weeks ahead of Kenney’s estimate, the first batch of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is already arriving in Alberta 3,900 doses to vaccinate ICU doctors and nurses, care centre workers and respiratory therapists.