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May 3, 2022 – The frequency of viral outbreaks and pandemics in the last two decades, including the current COVID-19 pandemic, has focussed attention on Canada’s lack of preparedness, vaccine supply shortages and production self-sufficiency.
Organizers of the GreenPAC 100 Debates for the Environment will hold the 56 candidates ultimately elected to Parliament accountable for their climate promises.
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Counter-protester at Kelowna, B.C. hospital anti-vaccine rally spit on, shoved citynews1130.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from citynews1130.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Canada's public health data meltdown When needed the most, the systems that track health and vaccines were a scattered mess. How Canada went from a world leader in public health technology to laggard. April 7, 2021 A FedEx workers scans a shipment of the Moderna COVID‑19 vaccine at Pearson International Airport in Toronto on March 24, 2021 (CP/Nathan Denette) For weeks, Canadians have been casting their envious eyes to Israel, where more than half the country has been inoculated against COVID-19. Israel, less than a quarter the size of Canada, has administered nearly twice as many doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. The Middle Eastern country has some innate advantages: It is small and centralized, and offered top dollar to ensure vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna would come fast, and in large volumes. But geography and money aren’t the reason why Israel is outpacing Canada by 10-to-one.
Adam Maida / The Atlantic By the time you read this, at least a quarter of Americans will have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. It’s a stunning turnaround for a country where a bungled early response, inadequate financial support to keep people home, and a mishmash of mask requirements have led to more than 30 million infections and more than 554,000 deaths. Just north of the border, Canadians—usually so smug about our universal health care—are looking on with jealousy. “Here, vaccine envy has turned into a national psychosis, another reason to beat ourselves up for some fatal national flaw,” wrote Alan Freeman, a journalist turned public servant and academic on iPolitics, a Canadian news website. In The Globe and Mail, the columnist Ian Brown retells an encounter with a vaccinated person: “I immediately wanted revenge. Nothing serious: steal his car, maybe, or his wallet.”