Thanksgiving holiday plagued with fatigue, risk of COVID-19 spread again for Alberta
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As families may be planning for Thanksgiving weekend, one expert says a big challenge for Albertans will be enjoying the holiday while coping with the fatigue of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dr. Ganz Ferrance, a clinical psychologist in Edmonton, said while some are tired of following rules and being separated from friends and family, most people are tired of keeping up with changing measures.
"One of the most difficult things for us to deal with as humans is uncertainty," Ferrance said. "So when things are not clean — we don't feel like we have a sense of control or predictability — that's extremely exhausting and very stressful."
The concept is called "change fatigue," Ferrance said.
This Thanksgiving holiday is more difficult than last year, he suggested, in part because the pandemic has been going on for so long.
"But then also there's sort of, 'Are we opening, are we not opening? What can we do? What can we not do?'" Ferrance said.
Alberta's current guidelines allow vaccinated people to gather indoors, but with limits. The rules permit indoor gatherings of no more than two households to a maximum of 10 vaccinated people. There are no restrictions on children under 12.
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