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67% of Canadians believe fully-vaccinated population still wonвЂ™t stop Omicron's spread: poll Even if every eligible Canadian is fully vaccinated against COVID-19, 67 per cent of people in the country believe that wonвЂ™t be enough to stop the spread of the Omicron COVID-19 variant, according to the results of a new Ipsos poll.

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She also gave an update on the work being done by the city's anti-gun violence task force. Lauren Pogue said on Friday that a lot of the guns being used to commit crimes in the city are coming from the United States. Large quantity of guns used in Toronto crimes come from U.S.: Police Following the news of a teenage boy shot dead by a 13-year-old in TorontoвЂ™s East York Area, Toronto Police Staff Supt.Shawn Whatley, an author and practising physician, said a flat fee on all unvaccinated patients in Quebec is flawed from the point of view of vertical equity (that people on higher incomes should take on a greater share of the responsibility for paying for public services) and horizontal equity (that people in the same circumstances should be treated the same way.) Get vaccinated.Д«ut that does not justify a health tax that ignores the ability to pay. It is nonsense to complain, as many unvaccinated people do, about вЂњthe lack of effectiveness of unproven vaccinesвЂќ. The most recent provincial statistics suggest 12.8 per cent of the population over five years of age remains unvaccinated, yet that cohort accounts for 29 per cent of hospitalizations from COVID and 45 per cent of those in intensive care. Legault said the unvaccinated are вЂњclogging up our hospitalsвЂ¦and itвЂ™s not up to all Quebecers to pay for that.вЂќ I am triple vaccinated, a supporter of vaccine passports and a firm believer in John Stuart MillвЂ™s harm principle вЂ“ that your right to swing your fist ends where my nose begins.Д«ut this is still a country, to quote our prime minister, where a Canadian is a Canadian is a Canadian. Admittedly, Legault has not exactly been a stickler about the constitutionality of his legislation of late but this one looks particularly vulnerable to challenge.ДЇirst, a disclaimer. It is a terrible public policy and may not even be legal.

The announcement by Quebec Premier FranГ§ois Legault that his government will impose a вЂњhealth contributionвЂќ on the unvaccinated is merely the latest nibble at freedoms we used to take for granted. Is anyone else getting uncomfortable with draconian government overreach, supposedly for our own good, that tends to produce sub-optimal outcomes? Luc Boileau, interim Quebec Director of Public Health and Quebec Premier Francois Legault during a news conference in Montreal, Tuesday, Jan.