Vaxx Populi: In 2020-21, Canada saw just 69 confirmed cases of influenza. Some experts worry we may have lower immunity to the flu, after nearly two years of social distancing.
Vaxx Populi: Data shows good immunity nine months after receiving two doses, PHAC says, though need for boosters is being ’closely monitored’ in light of emergence of variants of concern
Whether it’s Pfizer, Moderna or Astra Zeneca, the vaccines used in Canada ’are doing exactly what they should be doing,’ including against the Delta variant
Vaxx Populi: Myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle, has been reported in young people who received an mRNA vaccine. No causal link has been established.
Vaxx Populi: Outbreaks at a Toronto hospital and in Yukon have been linked to more infectious variants; data shows vaccines are very effective at preventing hospitalization among those who contract Delta
Adnan R. Khan lives in Cambridge, Mass. where more than half of adults are fully vaccinated. He describes the city’s reopening, which was not exactly the celebratory fanfare some might have expected.