The Alberta Health Ministry “respects Dr Hodkinson’s credentials as a physician but disagrees with his assessment of Covid-19 and is not taking advice from him in regard to the government’s response to the pandemic,” Steve Buick, a spokesman for the Minister of Health, told AFP in an email. Hodkinson’s claims have faced significant pushback from health authorities and medical experts. This is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on an unsuspecting public.” He continues, “There is utterly unfounded public hysteria driven by the media and politicians. Hodkinson starts his speech, commenting on the city's proposal to extend its face-covering bylaw, by acknowledging, “What I’m going to say is lay language and blunt. It has also been shared by Ontario independent MP Randy Hillier on Facebook and on Instagram. These claims have spread to countries including Poland, Croatia, Serbia and South Africa, as seen here, here, here and here. Other examples can be found here, here and here. "And hopefully we can create an environment where there is a balance between developing hockey players in a safe environment, keeping kids on the ice, maintaining some normalcy for the kids and lining up with the government's protocols for safety.Screenshot of the Facebook post taken on November 30, 2020 "Whether we like it or not, the virus is not going anywhere anytime soon," he said. Then, athletes can safely get back to training and play. Henry says the government's first priority needs to be getting the province's COVID-19 case numbers under control. "But in a structured, team-oriented practice, they're learning about systems. "You can take a more detailed approach to development, you can work on more mechanics in their skating, you can spend more time talking to them and trying to get them to understand why they need to do these things. "Personally, I like working with a smaller group," he said. Having fewer athletes on the ice means all of them can get more individualized attention. "Eight players on an ice that costs you $250 an hour, that's an expensive eight kids." 'Positives and negatives' to smaller groupsīut Kevin Henry, a hockey performance and development coach based in Prince Albert, sees a silver lining to the new restrictions. "We're looking at the options of it, and whether it makes sense to financially keep ," said Watson. Some teams may find it doesn't make financial sense to put such a small number of young players on the ice. Most people who have kids in sports, they just want to see them spend some time exercising at the rink with their friends." "But it's still tough on a lot of people. "I understand what the government's doing - I get it," said Mathew Niekamp, a parent of two young hockey players in Humboldt. While children under the age of 18 are still allowed to practise, some parents and coaches say the restrictions - that player must be masked, physically distanced, and in a group of no larger than eight - will be difficult to accommodate.
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