Canada vaccine panel recommends 4 months between Pfizer COVID doses

[Nevilledog]

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Jill Colvin
@colvinj
Seniors over 80 in Toronto who finally received their first Pfizer shots this week are now being told they won’t receive their second ones.... for four months.

Canada vaccine panel recommends 4 months between COVID doses
TORONTO (AP) — A national panel of vaccine experts in Canada recommended Wednesday that provinces extend the interval between the two doses of a COVID-19 shot to four months to quickly inoculate...
apnews.com
8:55 PM · Mar 11, 2021

https://apnews.com/article/canada-vaccine-panel-4-months-between-doses-b0ad463c2ec1b2ac2c28e0618db33671

[Sinistrous]

1. This recommendation is driven largely by a shortage of Pfizer vaccine in Canada.(See article.)

[herding cats]

2. This makes me sad.

They're using phrases like "high effectiveness" without data as proof.

I realize there's difficulty getting enough vaccine, but I think the most vulnerable should get it first.

[appalachiablue]

3. Some difference

[abqtommy]

4. This makes me want to know what Dr. Fauci thinks. I know that I trust him.

[LisaL]

5. US is going to keep giving two doses at the recommended intervals, as far as I can tell.

There have been no clinical trials to do it differently.