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Article content OTTAWA – The co-chair of Canada’s vaccine advisory committee says anyone who took the AstraZeneca vaccine did the right thing and shouldn’t feel they got a second-best vaccine. Dr. Caroline Quach-Thanh, the co-chair of the National Advisory Council on Immunization, put out a statement late Wednesday night, clarifying comments she made earlier this week. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or No need for buyer's remorse on AstraZeneca shots, NACI co-chair says Back to video When NACI released its recommendation on the Johnson & ...

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Trudeau, Tam are saying all vaccines are effective, but the National Advisory Committee on Immunization strongly recommends mRNA vaccines

What you do need, though, is an ability to walk the line. For this government at this time, the line is that the best COVID vaccine is the first one that is made available. Opinion research shows the government has had some success, with Canadians less hesitant than Americans, Germans or the French. But that progress was threatened by the muddled recommendation issued by the National Advisory Committee on Immunization this week. In a press conference that should be studied by future generations of communicators for its epic incongruity, chair Caroline Quach-Thanh and vice-chair Shelly De...

"That's a very problematic position to take," he said. Naylor stressed that all the vaccines do extremely well at protecting people from serious complications, hospitalizations and death. And for those who already received a shot of AstraZeneca, "it is an unsettling message [from NACI] because it suggests you got the second-best vaccine," he said. Dr. Susy Hota, medical director for infection prevention and control at University Health Network in Toronto, reaffirmed that Canadians should not vaccine shop and that the bottom line of trying to protect people from the hazards of getting COV...