It’s a debate that has run through the legal community for 16 months: Can you be criminally charged if you know you have COVID-19, skip quarantine, and fatally infect someone else?
The question has come up again as Alberta plans to remove mandatory isolations for people who test positive for the virus.
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The Canadian government had warned citizens they could face criminal charges in these cases.
Now the rules are changing and that means, according to Lee, it would be harder to find someone criminally responsible. But civil law still comes into play.
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