Canada’s chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam is telling Canadians to get boosted within the federal recommended timeline or risk getting themselves and others hospitalized due to falling vaccine immunity against COVID-19.
“Across Canada, as more people go beyond the six-month time lapse since their last vaccine dose or infection, population immunity is falling and leaving us all less protected,” said Tam in a press conference on Oct. 7.
“Without up-to-date vaccination to help prevent serious illness, many people could land in hospitals due to COVID-19,” she said, adding that the shots “may also help reduce the risk of developing post-COVID-19 conditions or long COVID.”…