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ontario’s advisory “science table” is suggesting restaurant patios might safely reopen … in july. last week, chief public health officer dr. theresa tam went out of her way (and jurisdiction) to suggest canadians might be able to go camping at some point this summer once 75 per cent of adults have one dose — considerably higher than in peer countries . no one seems especially eager to accelerate the pace of anything, say by requiring proof of vaccination for certain activities — as several american sports venues have done. instead we hear over and over that vaccines are no guarantee of anything; that we don’t know for sure how well they prevent transmission.
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in a report issued earlier this month , public health ontario found that from dec. 14 to april 17, 49,368 ontarians over 60 — more than one in 70 — were diagnosed with covid-19. of those, just 916 (1.9 per cent) had received a first dose of vaccine and just 73 (0.1 per cent) had received two doses. as of april 17, 65 per cent of the 60-plus population had received at least one dose. the other unvaccinated 35 per cent, by choice or otherwise, accounted for roughly 98 per cent of the diagnosed cases.
over the course of the pandemic , covid-19 has sent 45 per cent of those over 80 who catch it to hospital, and killed nine per cent of them. according to public health ontario’s data, the number of fully immunized ontarians of any age who had passed away as of april 17 was precisely zero. only eight had even been admitted to hospital.
these data are borne out in studies from around the world: the united states , the united kingdom and here in canada. on tuesday, manitoba reported the first death of a fully vaccinated person. the province noted that “more than 79,000 individuals … have received two doses of vaccine.” one in 79,000 is damn good odds, i will suggest: all in all, one in 30 manitobans have had covid-19, and one in 1,350 have died from it.
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