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Canada is only 15th because they aren't doing a 2nd dose until 4 months later. So you can't compare Canada to places that are actually scheduling the 2nd shot p

Canada is only 15th because they aren't doing a 2nd dose until 4 months later. So you can't compare Canada to places that are actually scheduling the 2nd shot properly. NO ONE is getting their second shot. That's a complete hack because Pfizer and Moderna both said not to push the 2nd shot past their recommended time period. If Canada did their 2nd dose in the 3-4 weeks as required by Pfizer and Moderna, their rank would drop precipitously. Personally I understand what they are doing, they are going breadth first to slow down the spread, but I hate the propaganda that is saying that somehow Canada is doing "great". They aren't. They completely bundled the vaccine.

arcticbull 5y ago
Is the goal of the vaccine not to slow/stop the spread? If Canadians end up needing a third shot some time down the line, but the first one spread out does it's job, isn't that ok? Far from bungled, I'd say they made the best of what they had.
surfmike 5y ago
I don’t know that anyone has said Canada is going great on vaccination, especially compared to its neighbor. The delayed 2nd shot is a resourceful strategy (also employed in the UK) to get higher population immunity from fewer shots in the short term.
Exmoor 5y ago
Vaccine makers have little incentive to recommend dosing intervals different than what they they ran in their studies, but I have yet to see a shred of evidence indicating that mRNA vaccines lose much effectiveness after 3-4 weeks and some evidence that effectiveness keeps increasing. I wish the US had used the single-dose strategy for anyone under 65 as I think our cases would've started shrinking much earlier than they actually have.
raydev 5y ago
> NO ONE is getting their second shot This is false. The numbers might be small, but people are certainly getting and have already gotten their second doses in the last couple months.

arcticbull 5y ago

Is the goal of the vaccine not to slow/stop the spread? If Canadians end up needing a third shot some time down the line, but the first one spread out does it's job, isn't that ok? Far from bungled, I'd say they made the best of what they had.

surfmike 5y ago

I don’t know that anyone has said Canada is going great on vaccination, especially compared to its neighbor. The delayed 2nd shot is a resourceful strategy (also employed in the UK) to get higher population immunity from fewer shots in the short term.

Exmoor 5y ago

Vaccine makers have little incentive to recommend dosing intervals different than what they they ran in their studies, but I have yet to see a shred of evidence indicating that mRNA vaccines lose much effectiveness after 3-4 weeks and some evidence that effectiveness keeps increasing. I wish the US had used the single-dose strategy for anyone under 65 as I think our cases would've started shrinking much earlier than they actually have.

raydev 5y ago

> NO ONE is getting their second shot This is false. The numbers might be small, but people are certainly getting and have already gotten their second doses in the last couple months.