Melissa Couto Zuber
Two women take a break from the line-up at a mobile COVID19 vaccine clinic at Parkway Forest Community Centre in Toronto on Monday, April 19, 2021.
Image Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn April 28, 2021 - 9:00 PM Canada s COVID-19 vaccine rollout is reaching hundreds of thousands of people per day, inching the country closer to a return to normalcy. But experts say not to expect everyday life to change too soon. While the vaccines have shown exceptional effectiveness after one dose, public health authorities still urge people to stick to safety measures, regardless of vaccination status. With several provinces battling high levels of community transmission and roughly two-thirds of the population still unvaccinated, most experts agree it s too soon to change guidelines for vaccinated individuals.
Posted: Apr 27, 2021 7:10 PM CT | Last Updated: April 28
Michelle Braithwaite poses for a photo after getting her first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine last week. (Michelle Braithwaite/Facebook)
Anxious about the possible side effects, Michelle Braithwaite didn t want the COVID-19 vaccine, until a conversation with her daughter about how important it was changed her mind.
Now, she s sharing her experience because she wants to encourage others like her to get their vaccines as soon as they can.
Braithwaite, who runs a gym in Winnipeg, said she s extremely health conscious and thought that as a healthy person, she didn t need to get the vaccine.
Melissa Couto Zuber
Two women take a break from the line-up at a mobile COVID19 vaccine clinic at Parkway Forest Community Centre in Toronto on Monday, April 19, 2021.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn April 28, 2021 - 11:50 AM
Canada s COVID-19 vaccine rollout is reaching hundreds of thousands of people per day, inching the country closer to a return to normalcy.
But experts say not to expect everyday life to change too soon.
While the vaccines have shown exceptional effectiveness after one dose, public health authorities still urge people to stick to safety measures, regardless of vaccination status.
With several provinces battling high levels of community transmission and roughly two-thirds of the population still unvaccinated, most experts agree it s too soon to change guidelines for vaccinated individuals.
TORONTO Scrolling through social media for COVID-19 updates has become a precarious activity for some Canadians, with news of the worsening pandemic becoming harder to escape. More than a year into the COVID-19 crisis, many are wondering: How much more bad news can we take? Those addressing the public have wondered the same thing. While public health and infectious disease experts need to keep people informed, they say there s a fine line between sharing pertinent information and perpetuating anxieties that have been stewing for months. The third wave of the pandemic and the urgency facing several provinces has blurred that line even more, says Dr. Sumon Chakrabarti, an infectious disease specialist in Mississauga, Ont.