If restrictions & mandates are being lifted, thank the silent majority that got vaccinated (Canada)

[teach1st]

If restrictions and mandates are being lifted, thank the silent majority that got vaccinated
The Globe and Mail, Canada, 2/19/2022

So it’s important to make one thing perfectly clear: The reason the provinces are relaxing the rules now is because people got vaccinated, not because a handful of anti-vaxxers are soaking in hot tubs in front of Parliament Hill.

The heroes in this story are the quiet majority of Canadians who got their shots over the past year. The flag-wrapped protesters are getting what they insist is their right – an end to mandates – on the backs of those who came to the aid of their country, community, family and friends by embracing the best weapon against COVID-19 – the vaccines.

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In Ontario, earlier this month, unvaccinated people were six times more likely to end up in hospital, and 12 times more likely to wind up in intensive care, than people who received two or three vaccine doses.

Canada’s high vaccination rate has also helped limit the number of deaths per capita. The death rate here is three times lower than in the United States, where the percentage of fully vaccinated people is 15 points lower.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/editorials/article-if-restrictions-and-mandates-are-being-lifted-thank-the-silent/

[Skittles]

1. "the silent majority" indeed

so, so sick of these loud, selfish assholes