I got the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine Monday.
I felt like I’d been hit by a truck for about 24 hours. But that was good. It meant my immune system was priming for battle, creating antibodies. And a day on the couch wasn’t so bad.
Admittedly, I hesitated before booking the appointment. I wanted the A-list vaccine, the Pfizer-BioNTech shot, or at least Moderna, both of which appear to offer more protection with fewer reports of rare blood clots.
But I had it wrong.
The AZ vaccine is 62 per cent effective, compared to 95 per cent for Pfizer and 94 per cent for Moderna. But those numbers are deceiving. There’s more to it.
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Windsor-Essex is not one of the regions in Ontario soon moving to a different colour zone, according to the provincial government.
The Doug Ford government announced on Friday that stay-at-home orders are ending for Toronto, the Peel region, and the North Bay-Parry Sound region allowing those areas to return to “grey” status under the Ontario COVID-19 response framework.
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Seven other regions are also changing status some to zones of lesser restrictions, such as the Hailburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge district (“orange” to “yellow”) and some to zones of greater restrictions, such as Peterborough (“yellow” to “red”).
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