COVID daily update: Majority of Canadians willing to get next booster ; Canadians who previously contacted COVID19 still at risk of reinfection & urged to keep vaccines up-to-date; More mass testing, snap lockdowns in China - via healthing_ca
Canadians who previously contacted COVID-19 are still at risk of reinfection, according to the Public Health Agency of Canada. GETTYSixty-one per cent of Canadians are willing to get their next COVID-19 booster when it becomes available to them, according to a new. Women over the age of 54 were the most likely to say they would get the next vaccine shot followed by men in the same age category .
A majority of Canadians say they would be willing to get a COVID vaccine every year, so long as it is recommended by public health bodies. Across the board, Canadians who have only received one or two doses of the vaccine were the least likely to say they would get another shot, with only 17 per cent saying they would do so. More than a third of men under the age of 55 say a fourth dose is entirely unnecessary.
Twenty-two per cent of Canadians say they do not believe keeping on top of boosters guards against serious illness or even from getting sick. This percentage dropped the more boosters a person has had — with only seven per cent of those with three doses and two per cent with four doses agreeing.Canadians who previously contacted COVID-19 are still at risk of reinfection, according to
. This most recent statement pushes back on the hopes immunity would increase due to the wide spread of the Omicron wave.Nowadays, the news that a neighbour or friend has come down with the once feared virus elicits a shrug or some joke about "welcome to the club". Whatever your perspective, whatever your experience, the past two years have been exhausting.
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