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© Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.Trudeau: Canadians won't be among the first to get vaccine
By ROB GILLIES TORONTO©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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theFu
Hopefully, on Jan 20th, Canada and Mexico will be merged into the US critical distribution channels for high risk people and medical personnel. Treat your neighbors how you'd like to be treated.
OTOH, being first has great risks. Immunization safety studies usually take a decade.
Raw Beer
Trudeau is pathetic, but in this case it is good for Canadians that they will not get the vaccine first.
Goodlucktoyou
It is better to wait to take a new vaccine until after it is properly tested. Many Canadians may be saved.
theFu
Exactly. Long-term impacts won't really be known for decades, but if you are already in a high-risk group, the mitigation to avoid COVID and the complications that come with it is probably more important than worrying about some damage to an organ in 30 yrs which could happen or not.
Being hopeful that all these different vaccines work with just the initial flu-like discomforts is all we can do for now. I don't plan to be stuck until summer, after all the people who really need to be immunized have been. But if there is unused vaccine available locally in March (doubtful), I'd get immunized then.
theFu
Mexico
Seems the larger Latin American countries have agreements in place for 3+ providers of vaccines. Mexico seems better prepared than others.
I didn't see and specifics about Canada except this: https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/drugs-health-products/covid19-industry/drugs-vaccines-treatments/about.html