Vaxx Populi
As Canada rolls out the country’s most complex vaccination project to date, Maclean’s presents Vaxx Populi, an ongoing series in which Patricia Treble tackles the most pressing questions related to the new COVID-19 vaccines. Send us a question you’d like answered at vaccines@macleans.ca. Plus, other important vaccine stories.
News
How did Newfoundland manage to vaccinate 75 per cent of 5-11-year-olds?
Clear communication, speedy mobilization and a culture of vaccine acceptance has helped the province get first doses to more kids than any province or territory
News
It’s time to switch to an N95 mask in the battle against Omicron
It’s easier for the virus to move through surgical or cloth masks, experts say, while respirators filter tiny aerosols
Society
Omicron versus booster shots: The high-stakes race in Canada is on
Most provinces off to a painfully slow start giving third doses of the vaccine, and one expert warns that new variant will make things ’pretty ugly’
News
Experts are hopeful the Omicron wave will be short, but fear for health care capacity continues
Case counts are soaring and hospitalizations are rising. But things are very different now than they were in March 2020.
News
With the Omicron variant on the rise, should you attend your work Christmas party?
Vaxx Populi: Even if you’re double-vaxxed and you take a rapid test before arriving, the odds may not be in your favour
News
Omicron variant will likely be worse than Delta, according to early research
Vaxx Populi: Omicron has a higher effective reproduction number than Delta, so can vaccines protect against more hospitalizations and deaths? Time will tell.
News
What to do as we walk into the pandemic’s fifth wave
Vaxx Populi: If the worsening situation in Europe is foreshadowing what’s to come, get ready, Canada
Health
Omicron: Here’s what we know so far about the latest variant of concern
Vaxx Populi: From how vulnerable Canada is to what the vaccine makers are doing in response, here’s what we know about the newest variant of concern
Canada
The roadblock to full pandemic recovery: ’Pockets’ of unvaccinated Canadians
Vaxx Populi: Reaching tracts of unjabbed rural residents is one of the last key steps toward a pre-COVID normal. But are they willing to get their shots?