Anybody against producing vaccines in Canada from here on out won't have my vote. This is the last time we depend on other countries for these kind of things, fuck free trade, if it's an impediment, so much for free trade. No more weasel words about international cooperation and partners when it comes to vaccines and PPE, as far as I'm concerned it's a national defense priority. When the pandemic strikes it's every country for themselves and they will vaccinate their own before foreigners, so will we. We can do international research and other things, but when it comes to vaccine production and supply of PPE, we need our own facilities and production supply chains.
Pandemics are a bigger threat today than traditional military threats, an interconnected world economy makes major wars difficult. In America this pandemic might kill more than 600,000 citizens, more than most major wars and disrupted the economy severely, this is worth a military level of spending and importance. America doesn't get it's weapons manufactured in China, why should it have it's PPE and pharmaceuticals made there too?
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3 months in, Canada’s vaccine rollout is a mixed bag
More than 3 months after Canada's vaccine rollout began it's still very much a mixed bag. Vaccination rates are picking up, but not nearly as fast as Canadians would like. Some regions are doing better than others, while conflicting news about the AstraZeneca vaccine continues to confuse citizens and health officials alike.
