1) take forever to approve it, much later than the competitor’s vaccines;
2) say (up until recently) that it is inferior to those of the competition, with no scientific basis to support this;
3) make it darn near impossible for Canadians to find;
Works like a charm!
This is Health Canada sophistry. The federal government spent a lot of money to induce Novavax to make its vaccine in Montreal. When demand for COVID vaccines flagged, Novavax bailed. To prevent further egg on the federal face, the government is sticking to the contract with Novavax that states that this year’s vaccine must be made in Canada. This stipulation does not apply to Moderna (also a recipient of federal dollars) and to Pfizer.
And it is just tough beans for those Canadians who can’t or won’t take mRNA vaccines. We are just out of luck.
Nothing against mRNA vaccines for those who can or want to receive them. But the U.S. (and other countries) recognizes the value of having vaccine options.
melancoliamea on
Oh no… Anyway…
Tom_Ford-8632 on
This is the sort of thing that makes a guy believe in conspiracy theories. We had a made-in-Canada vaccine that used a traditional dead virus delivery mechanism, which has 100 years of safety data behind it, yet development moved at the speed of a glacier and ultimately it went nowhere.
Instead, the government spent nearly all of their social capital trying to force a novel mRNA treatment, developed by a massive, for-profit, foreign multi-national, into every Canadian arm.
All critical thinking people owe it to themselves to ask why.
Senior_Attitude_3215 on
“In 2023, 125,000 doses of the Novavax XBB.1.5 vaccine were ordered and available in Canada, of which only 5,529 doses were administered.” There’s your problem. No one wants it. Or, as OP says..make it scarce so people who do want it can’t get it. Very few people that I see even bother with any vaccine anymore. I don’t know if people belive the gov that it’s all gone away or just don’t care. In any case, yes, I remember the gov thumping their chests during covid about how we need manufacturers in our country making vaccines so we don’t have to be dependant on others the next time shit hits the fan. Once the main crisis ends, they forget all about it. typical
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How to suppress demand for a vaccine:
1) take forever to approve it, much later than the competitor’s vaccines;
2) say (up until recently) that it is inferior to those of the competition, with no scientific basis to support this;
3) make it darn near impossible for Canadians to find;
Works like a charm!
This is Health Canada sophistry. The federal government spent a lot of money to induce Novavax to make its vaccine in Montreal. When demand for COVID vaccines flagged, Novavax bailed. To prevent further egg on the federal face, the government is sticking to the contract with Novavax that states that this year’s vaccine must be made in Canada. This stipulation does not apply to Moderna (also a recipient of federal dollars) and to Pfizer.
And it is just tough beans for those Canadians who can’t or won’t take mRNA vaccines. We are just out of luck.
Nothing against mRNA vaccines for those who can or want to receive them. But the U.S. (and other countries) recognizes the value of having vaccine options.
Oh no… Anyway…
This is the sort of thing that makes a guy believe in conspiracy theories. We had a made-in-Canada vaccine that used a traditional dead virus delivery mechanism, which has 100 years of safety data behind it, yet development moved at the speed of a glacier and ultimately it went nowhere.
Instead, the government spent nearly all of their social capital trying to force a novel mRNA treatment, developed by a massive, for-profit, foreign multi-national, into every Canadian arm.
All critical thinking people owe it to themselves to ask why.
“In 2023, 125,000 doses of the Novavax XBB.1.5 vaccine were ordered and available in Canada, of which only 5,529 doses were administered.” There’s your problem. No one wants it. Or, as OP says..make it scarce so people who do want it can’t get it. Very few people that I see even bother with any vaccine anymore. I don’t know if people belive the gov that it’s all gone away or just don’t care. In any case, yes, I remember the gov thumping their chests during covid about how we need manufacturers in our country making vaccines so we don’t have to be dependant on others the next time shit hits the fan. Once the main crisis ends, they forget all about it. typical