Many universities, colleges have issued vaccine mandates to live or learn on campus, creating extra layers of complication and confusion for many would-be students from abroad
This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Maker is on the hunt for his second dose of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine before starting university in Hamilton.
By the time he had one dose of Pfizer under his belt, Maker says McMaster’s residences had filled up, leaving him and many other students on a waiting list.“My biggest concern for when I arrive in Canada is my accommodation,” says Maker.Many universities and colleges have issued vaccine mandates to live or learn on campus, creating extra layers of complication and confusion for many would-be students from abroad.
The four schools say they accept the World Health Organization’s list of vaccines approved for emergency use, which include formulations by Chinese companies Sinovac Biotech and Sinopharm in addition to the Health Canada-authorized Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, Oxford-AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson products.
However, the ministry acknowledges there’s no data to support the safety or efficacy of this approach.Story continues below advertisement “I don’t suspect that giving another vaccine to people who have had one vaccine series is going to necessarily lead to any decrease in efficacy. If anything, it’ll increase. But it’s a data-free world,” he said.
“It’s a valid concern,” said Golesorkhi. “They see themselves as fully vaccinated, and they don’t want to get vaccinated again here.”The Canadian Federation of Students raised equity concerns for immunized international students who are forced to seek additional doses even as many of their home countries struggle to procure enough vaccines to inoculate their populations.
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