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As Alberta expands accessibility for those eligible to receive the AstraZeneca vaccine, experts are urging the public not to let those doses go to waste, amid concerns over uptake.
More than 11,700 doses of Alberta’s most recent shipment of AstraZeneca have already been administered, which is in addition to the roughly 58,000 shots of the COVID-19 vaccine given in March. There is concern, however, that Alberta’s temporary suspension of AstraZeneca for people under 55 years and rampant misinformation online has led to increased hesitancy to get the vaccine.
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