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05.07.2021 / 22:47

COVID-19 conspiracy theories deter some from getting vaccine

COVID-19 vaccine.Those false theories are sometimes responsible for people’s hesitancy in getting the shot.Global News spoke to Dr. Don Sheppard, Chair of McGill University’s Microbiology and Immunology department and Director of the McGill Interdisciplinary Initiative in Infection and Immunity (MI4), to explore the myths surrounding the vaccine.

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COVID-19: Quebec ramping vaccination rollout as province sees uptick in doses

COVID-19 vaccination campaign continues to pick up steam.This week, 594,770 doses are expected to arrive, according to the health department’s press release — the most scheduled for the month of May.Meanwhile, more than 166,000 Quebecers registered for vaccination appointments on April 30, according to an email from the public health department.“I’m actually very optimistic, very positive about how this is going,” Dr. Don Sheppard, McGill University’s Chair of Immunology, told Global News.As of May 3, the public health department is reporting that 37 per cent of all Quebecers have now received at least one shot.

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‘We are going to hit a crisis point’: Montreal doctors concerned as COVID-19 hospitalizations rise

coronavirus health crisis are concerned about the growing number of patients in hospitals and the mounting pressure on intensive care units across the city.Dr. Don Sheppard, an infectious disease physician with the McGill University Health Centre and medical microbiologist, says the trend in hospitalizations rates in Montreal is “extremely concerning.” He was working on a COVID-19 ward two weeks ago and should be heading back soon as part of his schedule.“The numbers are going up now quite rapidly,” he said.

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Infectious disease experts worried about impact of Quebec’s COVID-19 Christmas plan

Tam said gatherings could be made safer with masks and physical distancing, but the crux of the plan would be limiting interactions before the holiday events.“If we bend the curve fast in the next weeks, well, let’s just see what happens before the Christmas vacation,” Tam said.Dr.

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