#1103 of 1297 articles from the Special Report:
Coronavirus in Canada
A Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine dose is prepared at The Michener Institute in Toronto on Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. File photo by The Canadian Press/Frank Gunn
A consensus appears to have developed that educating reluctant health-care workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 is better than trying to force them to get the shots.
While most of those on the pandemic front lines are eager to get their doses, a small but significant minority have indicated their opposition to mandatory vaccinations.
"Coercion is certainly a method that's available to the government but I don't believe it's the most effective mechanism," said Michael Hurley, president of the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions of the Canadian Union of Public Employees.