Article content Vaccines versus variants. The race is coming down to the wire. Our provincial government, bearer of our vaccines, seemed to be tripping over its own feet, but has been scrambling in the past few days to pick up the pace. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Robert Libman: We can't afford to have empty vaccination centres Back to video Last week, I received my COVID-19 vaccination at Décarie Square. I was in and out in about 25 minutes, including the 15 minutes afterward to make sure everything is fine. I couldn’t believe how smooth the process was. The main reason, unfortunately, was that hardly anyone else was there. It appeared there were far more health-care workers than people getting the shot in the cavernous space.