While Canadians raced to get vaccinated against COVID-19 early in the pandemic, only 15 per cent of the population had their updated shot this fall. But the virus is still spreading.

  • blindsight@beehaw.org
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    6 months ago

    The new vaccine for currently-spreading variants have only been available for ~3 months.

    It’s not like the MMR vaccine where you’re done for decades after the primary sequence; you need a current vaccine to match current strains. It’s more like a flu shot.