Published April 15, 2020
Wearing a face mask in public to places like the grocery store is now a recommendation from Alberta and Canada’s chief medical officers. Sarah Komadina looks into how Albertans are responding to that advice.
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Commentary
By Geoff McMaster
Public acceptance of protective face masks has evolved dramatically in Canada since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new psychology research from the University of Alberta.
It’s a sign people are heeding the advice of public health officials. But many in the Asian-Canadian community see it as confirmation of what they knew all along, according to the researchers.
“Many are saying it’s about time,” said Doris Zhang, who is examining the stigma of masks in Canada along with U of A anthropologist Heather Young-Leslie.
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