Low vaccination rates are leaving residents vulnerable to the fast-spreading Delta variant
This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.As provinces across the country implement their respective plans to lift COVID-19 restrictions, they point to this country’s vaccination rates – among the highest in the world – to argue that they can re-open safely., as predominantly rural or remote regions lag behind the rest of the country.
High Level Mayor Crystal McAteer, who has had two doses herself, told me that she believes the rates in her town are not too far off from the provincial average, but that the surrounding areas, where people are spread out and where some religious communities are especially resistant, help to explain the numbers.
“We have horrible internet up here, we have horrible newspaper reporting, and people just are not getting the right information. They’re getting all their information from social media,” she said.Norman Bueckert, a pastor at the High Level Christian Fellowship, said many people in his congregation have dutifully followed the COVID-19 rules, but many – including him – remain unconvinced about the vaccines.
“I’m not an anti-vaxxer, because I have all the other vaccines,” he said, “I’m personally not ready yet and don’t trust the vaccines.”
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