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‘Completely wrong’: Anger over COVID-19 vaccine second dose delay for seniors Saba Aziz © John Woods/THE CANADIAN PRESS Dr. Joss Reimer, left, medical officer of health, Manitoba Health and Seniors Care, and medical lead, Vaccine Implementation Task Force injects Mabel Aldwinckle with her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at Meadowood Manor in Winnipeg, Friday, January 29, 2021. Dr Reimer was finishing up the first round of inoculations at Manitoba’s personal care homes today. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods An Alberta senior is extremely concerned about the four-month...

One day in Ottawa and a catastrophe of vaccine messaging Shannon Proudfoot: From a television appearance by NACI's chair to a confounding response by the health minister, confidence in COVID vaccines took a beating Hajdu rises during Question Period in the House of Commons Dec. 10, 2020 (CP/Justin Tang) Monday was an absolutely hideous day if what you wanted was clear, useful, confidence-boosting communication about COVID-19 vaccines in Canada. If you wanted…the horrible opposite of that, then it was a good outing. First up was the National Advisory Council on Immunization (NACI), whose p...

Vaxx Populi: NACI described mRNA vaccines as "preferred," but the protection all vaccines—including AstraZeneca—offer from COVID is 'immensely higher' than the risk of blood clots

6 hours ago OTTAWA – The National Advisory Committee on Immunization has been accused of causing confusion by telling Canadians they “should do whatever feels right to them” with respect to taking the AstraZenecavaccine or waiting for Pfizer or Moderna. “All we’re saying is listen to your heart. It’s really not our place to say one way or the other,” said Dr. Shelly Deeks, vice-chair of the body created to tell Canadians what to do with respect to vaccinations. “On the one hand you totally could get the AZ vaccine and protect yourself against the deadly COVIDpandemic. On the o...

Published Wednesday, May 5, 2021 5:42AM EDT EDMONTON -- An Alberta woman in her 50s has died from a rare blood clot disorder after receiving the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. It is the second reported death from vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia or VITT linked to the AstraZeneca vaccine in Canada. A 54-year-old Quebec woman died last month. Alberta's chief medical officer of health, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, said in a statement late Tuesday that the fatality is the province's second VITT case out of more than 253,000 doses of AstraZeneca that have been admin...