Health

Vaxx Populi: If we vaccinate older people first, we should start to see reduced deaths and hospitalizations within a month, says one expert

Vaxx Populi: Modelling suggests nearly 30 per cent of infections could be avoided by front-loading the distribution of first doses

Scott Gilmore: The pandemic isn’t suddenly going away, Trump will still be around and the decline of American democracy will continue. Happy New Year!

Vaxx Populi: Hopefully, people in high-risk categories will be vaccinated by mid-2021, but the virus may still be transmissible. Experts suggest proceeding with optimistic caution.

Vaxx Populi: In early 2021, Canada will begin vaccinating essential workers. Who falls into that category, and in what order will they be vaccinated?

Vaxx Populi: The mutations identified in England affect the virus’s crucial spike protein, but so far scientists expect the vaccines will protect against the new variant.

Vaxx Populi: We may not have 249,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine in Canada before 2021, but some predict half the population will be vaccinated by spring

Jane Philpott: How many additional people died as an indirect result of the pandemic? It will be months before we know the answer, and that’s a problem.

Image of the Week: A personal support worker gets Ontario’s first anti-COVID inoculation as the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine arrives in locations across Canada

Welcome to Vaxx Populi, Maclean’s ongoing series tackling the most pressing questions related to the COVID-19 vaccines.