Firstly, the full quote is actually: > The "regular folks" here are decidedly in the tiny minority. "Regular folks" by the percentages in Canada got vaccinated

Firstly, the full quote is actually: > The "regular folks" here are decidedly in the tiny minority. "Regular folks" by the percentages in Canada got vaccinated and aren't harassing people who live near government buildings / borders. That second part is significant and matters. Secondly, in response to this: > I won't speak to the other arguments you made but conflating "People who are vaccinated" with "People who agree with COVID restrictions" is frustrating and misleading. As I noted above, I didn't do that. Let's discuss your example anyways. Canadians broadly support further restricting people who are not vaccinated.[1] Next, Canadians broadly support ending COVID restrictions and trying to return to normal.[2] In the same study ([2]) nearly half (49%) of those surveyed blame the unvaccinated for prolonging the pandemic. It might be ugly but the general attitude these polls suggest is one of "if you're not working with us, you're working against us." > For some reason the media keeps failing to make this distinction, e.g. "The protestors are a fringe minority, and that is because 90% of the population is vaccinated". You can look at the statistics of how many people are boosted (41% of Canadians) to see that not everyone is onboard with current public health recommendations, even if they were OK with the idea of getting vaccinated initially. If you start to deconstruct the numbers and look at polling there are a lot of indicators that the majority is not in favor of restrictions. I addressed the latter part above. However, that 41% number is disingenuous for a few reasons. 1. The booster campaigns only began for the general population in December. In a number of provinces there is a minimum wait time for getting a booster shot after your second shot. 2. Each province handles health care on its own, so responses are different and rules are different all across the country. You can see numbers at a few places but there's a tracker at CBC that's still being updated.[3] The globe also has an article about the uptake slowing and suggests it's there's a variety of different reasons than just individual attitudes (though that is undeniably a factor for each vaccination).[4] On that page they chart out doses administered. Because supply was much higher the spike is much larger for the booster than dose 1 and the trend appears in most provinces to be following the second shot. Consider: 41% of Canadians got the booster within two months of the start of booster campaigns. This suggests it's actually pretty popular. [1]: https://globalnews.ca/news/8532791/covid-unvaccinated-restrictions-tax-poll/ https://globalnews.ca/news/8532791/covid-unvaccinated-restri... [2]: https://angusreid.org/omicron-incidence-restrictions/ https://angusreid.org/omicron-incidence-restrictions/ [3]: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/track-how-many-people-have-been-given-the-covid-19-vaccine-across-canada-1.5870573 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/track-how-many-people-have-be... [4]: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-uptake-of-covid-19-vaccine-boosters-slows-in-canada-despite-omicrons/ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-uptake-of-cov...