Vaccines

What Trudeau said about vaccines, Saudi Arabia and Keystone XL on NBC’s Meet the Press

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau commended U.S. President Joe Biden on getting the United States to re-engage with its allies during a wide-ranging interview on NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday that touched on everything from COVID-19 vaccines, Saudi Arabia and the Keystone XL pipeline.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured here on Friday, discussed Canada’s relationship with the U.S. and…

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How the vaccines we have — and the ones coming next — stack up against COVID-19 variants

Infectious disease specialist Dr. Zain Chagla breaks down everything you need to know about the five leading COVID-19 vaccines and how they work — or don’t — against the variants of concern.Health Canada has approved two COVID-19 vaccines, Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech, and approvals on three more are expected in the coming months. (Evan Mitsui/CBC)The Dose20:52What…

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Back of the line: vaccines and the brawl over who goes first

Debates about vaccination strategy were always going to turn on which Canadians count as “vulnerable.” News that certain prison inmates are getting early inoculation added a new, more troubling element to the argument — the question of who deserves to be protected.A health care worker prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a…

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