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Vaccinated? Unvaccinated? Either way, you can take part in this COVID-19 vaccine safety study
Halt on AstraZeneca use doesn’t mean vaccine is unsafe, Nova Scotia’s top doctor says The study includes people across the country — with Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island as the two Maritime provinces taking part.“The only way we can really track those rare events is if we recruit a lot of people,” said Dr. Jennfer Isenor, a professor and researcher with Dalhousie University in Halifax, who is the regional investigator with the study“I think it reinforces the importance of CANVAS and actively surveilling vaccine safety.”In typical years, the CANVAS Network conducts surveillance for vaccines ranging from the seasonal influenza, to newer vaccines such as the H1N1 influenza vaccine in 2009.