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One hard lesson Canadians — and their governments — have learned during this pandemic is how difficult it is to wait to get a new therapy that can save your life. Unfortunately, this is a lesson far too many Canadian patients learned long ago.
Canada badly lags other countries in COVID-19 vaccination, including other G7 countries except Japan. The federal government, newly awakened to the problem of delayed access to vaccine, has launched an admirable effort to shorten the wait for Canadians. It has aggressively pursued vaccine supply contracts with multiple companies, negotiated faster delivery where possible, and begun discussions with drug companies about producing new vaccines here in Canada.