Q4 2021
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December 27, 2021 – It’s the holiday season and Canadians are being told to limit their social contacts as the COVID-19 virus sweeps across the country. Many wait for their turn to get an immunization that will help protect them
Read MoreOmicron Unease: Worry over contracting COVID-19 rises on news of new variant; hopes for ‘normal’ holidays in question
Rebound in plans for festivities linked to spending time with only those who are vaccinated December 6, 2021 – Like the ghost of Christmas past, the stress of another holiday season during the COVID-19 pandemic is presenting itself in many
Read MoreCOVID & Border Crossings: Little consensus over dropping molecular test for returning travellers – but two-in-five want rapid tests at the border
Plurality support switch to rapid antigen tests; 1/3 would drop all testing for fully vaccinated travellers November 23, 2021 – Border communities and fully vaccinated travellers may be cheering a federal announcement that as of next week, fully vaccinated Canadians
Read MoreVaccine Passport or pink slip? 70% say health workers, teachers & others should be fired for refusing inoculation
Canadians split on whether vaccine focus should remain on boosters or shift to low-income countries November 15, 2021 – As Quebec and Ontario backtrack on vaccine mandates for healthcare workers, new data from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute finds a
Read MoreDwindling group of unvaccinated cite ‘personal freedom’ and ‘health concerns’ as main reasons for dodging the jab
Three-quarters of Canada’s unvaccinated say side effects from vaccine are more serious than virus itself Editor’s Note: This report was updated on Dec. 9, 2021 to remove incorrect information related to household incomes and vaccination rates. November 3, 2021 –
Read MoreSupport for vaccine passports grows, seven-in-ten Canadians now support it in public spaces
Half of vaccinated Canadians now say unvaccinated do not deserve same priority for medical treatment September 8, 2021 – The fourth wave of COVID-19 in Canada is being called a pandemic of the unvaccinated. While breakthrough infections of the vaccinated
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