Canadians now have a much smaller appetite for COVID-19 public health measures compared to just months ago, despite warnings of a resurgence of cases fuelled by the Omicron BA.5 variant, says a recent Angus Reid poll.
The survey, published on July 20, shows just a quarter of Canadians would now support the reimplementation of a COVID-19 vaccine passport in their province, compared to when support for this measure reached its peak of 70 percent in September 2021.
Support for provincial mask mandates dropped from 86 percent in November 2021 to just 51 percent in July 2022, even though nearly three-quarters (74 percent) of Canadians say they believe masks are effective in reducing the spread of infectious viruses….