Quebec/CMEDIA: Quebec’s Health experts reportedly have attributed the provincial government’s failure to be transparent and manage people’s expectations as one among various reasons why Quebecers are holding off on getting their COVID-19 booster shots.
Although federal and provincial health officials have said the best defense against a potential eighth wave and severe illness from the virus is getting up to date with COVID-19 doses, according to Quebec’s Health Ministry only 56 percent of the total eligible population has received a third shot or their first booster dose.
Back in December 2020, when COVID-19 vaccinations were first made available in Quebec, thousands of Quebecers waited eagerly to benefit from the protection against the virus the vaccine afforded.
When Quebec announced more than a year and a half later, the availability of a fifth dose to all adults by the end of August, experts say few people lined up for it.
With the number remaining unchanged for a month, only 19 percent of the total eligible population — the vast majority of whom are aged 60 and over — has received the fourth dose.
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