Study shows Canadians are no longer or less willing to be vaccinated – Canada News

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As British Columbia takes a step back following a new pattern showing Canada is moving towards a surge of more than 20,000 COVID-19 cases per day by the end of December, a new study shows Canadians are not holding back. breath on a vaccine.

Angus Reid’s study seems to indicate that, despite new data showing Pfizer and Moderna’s vaccines appear to be highly effective, Canadians no longer seem eager to get vaccinated than they were two months ago.

Financial markets may have skyrocketed and optimism grew when Pfizer announced that its COVID-19 vaccine studies yielded 90% effectiveness in preventing the virus. Subsequent announcements from Moderna and a Russian research team are reinforcing early glimpses of what could be the final game of a pandemic that has ravaged the world for more than eight months.

But Canadians actually seem slightly less willing to get vaccinated than they did a few months ago.

Two in five or 40% of people say they would be vaccinated as soon as possible. About 36% say they would wait for others to go first and immunize later. A whopping 15% of Canadians say they will not get vaccinated, while one in ten or 9% are unsure.

The poll also found that, despite an increase in cases, Canadians continue to say their provincial government is doing a good job of managing the pandemic. Residents are most positive in Atlantic Canada, 91%, British Columbia, 76% and Quebec, 73%.

The reverse appears to be true in Manitoba, where only 37% of Manitobans believe their government is doing a good job and only 50% of Albertans say their government is doing well. In Ontario, three out of five say the Ford government is doing a good job, up from 76% in August.

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