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PUBLISHED: 15/01/2021 10 months into the Covid 19 pandemic, and cases continue to rise across the country. A vaccine was supposed to bring this to an end, but the rollout has been hampered and political leaders are pointing the finger of blame at each other. As we are in Ontario’s second lockdown, we are coming to you from a remote location and practicing physical distancing to enhance safety. According to the Federal Government, Canada has secured 80 million doses of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, enough to vaccinate the whole country twice as two doses is required. But the vaccination rate is pretty sparse with about 420,000 Canadians inoculated. That works out to just over 1 percent. Hardly reassuring. ———————————— GUESTS: Raywat Deonandan - Proffessor of Epidemiology at University of Ottawa - https://health.uottawa.ca/people/deonandan-raywat Anne McLellan - Former Federal Health Minister & Deputy Prime Minister - https://www.dal.ca/about-dal/dalhousie-originals/anne-mclellan.html ———————————— REFERENCES: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-provinces-at-odds-with-ottawa-over-vaccine-distribution/ https://covid-19.ontario.ca/covid-19-vaccines-ontario?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI_uWGi-Kb7gIVkMmUCR1KSQLAEAAYASAAEgK8cPD_BwE#covid-19-immunization-program https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/tasker-vaccine-rollout-pharmacies-1.5871971 https://globalnews.ca/news/7575689/coronavirus-vaccine-canadian-doctors-transparency/ https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/canada-locks-in-20m-more-pfizer-covid-19-vaccine-doses-to-arrive-this-spring-1.5263452 https://globalnews.ca/news/7573129/canada-coronavirus-vaccine-rollout-contract/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/canada-slow-vaccine-rollout-covid-19-1.5862358 https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2021/01/13/coronavirus-updates-covid-19-canada-ontario-toronto-gta-jan-13-2021.html https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/video/tons-of-obstacles-in-getting-canada-ready-for-covid-vaccine-rollout-epidemiologist~2075545 http://angusreid.org/canada-covid-vaccine-december/ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-canada-vaccine-exp/explainer-how-canada-will-vaccinate-its-population-against-covid-19-idUSKBN28D3D2 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-could-vaccinate-everyone-by-end-of-march-premier-says-1.5863258 https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-provinces-ordered-to-have-sites-ready-to-receive-covid-19-vaccines-by/ https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/news/2021/01/cpho-issue-statement-series-on-covid-19-mrna-vaccines.html https://globalnews.ca/news/7553419/coronavirus-vaccine-canada-distribution-slow/ https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/coronavirus-vaccine-tracker-how-many-people-in-canada-have-received-shots-1.5247509 https://www.tvo.org/article/a-crisis-in-trust-epidemiologist-raywat-deonandan-on-ontarios-second-wave https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/vaccine-versus-variant-ontario-is-in-a-race-to-protect-the-most-vulnerable-from-covid-19 https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/2020/11/13/ottawa-will-roll-out-covid-19-vaccine-to-provinces-on-basis-of-population-alberta-says.html