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04.11.2021 / 07:17
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Polling the unvaccinated: Why Canadians say they won’t get a COVID vaccine
COVID-19 is a “pandemic of the unvaccinated.”According to data compiled by the Our World in Data project at the University of Oxford, when it comes to Canada as a whole, eight per cent of residents remain unvaccinated.A new poll from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute suggests unvaccinated Canadians’ top reasons for avoiding the vaccine are “personal freedom” and “health concerns.”Canada is the 14th most vaccinated country in the world, but a third of those polled said the main reason they haven’t received a vaccination is because COVID-19 is not a “serious health threat.”When it comes to men and women, the findings suggest men, in particular those aged 18 to 24, refused to be immunized at a higher rate than women.Twelve per cent, or about