Wrath of the anti-vaxxers
Conspiracy theorists could take extreme measures to make sure we don't get vaccinated against COVID-19.
In a year of terrible news, we needed this:
The first COVID-19 vaccines were injected into the arms of Canadians today, a historic moment some have dubbed “V-Day,” as the country enters a new phase of the ongoing fight against the novel coronavirus.
In Ontario and Quebec, the first shots were administered to prioritized people on Monday, after Pfizer-BioNTech’s initial shipments of doses landed on Sunday night.
This week, 14 sites across the 10 provinces will be receiving Canada’s initial 30,000 doses.
The landmark vaccination effort is focusing first on the people who the virus has hit hardest in this country: staff and residents of long-term care homes as well as frontline health care staff treating COVID-19 patients.
We’re looking at many months before great numbers of Canadians have been vaccinated, but at least we can finally see an end to the lockdowns and illness and deaths.
And of course, because it’s 2020, some people are going to fight that.
Most anti-vaxxers and conspiracy the…
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