The COVID pandemic has been over for a while now, leaving Canadian officials to wrestle with the cost of providing an expensive, but largely unwanted, vaccine to the public. Alberta’s come up with a reasonable compromise: give the vaccine to vulnerable populations for free, but charge elective vaccine recipients $100 for the shot.

With so little uptake and so much wastage, Danielle Smith rightly concluded the money would be better spent hiring more doctors{ai:summary}Canada says the COVID pandemic is over, wrestling with the cost of an expensive, largely unwanted vaccine. Alberta would offer free shots to vulnerable populations but charge elective recipients $100. #health

Jamie Sarkonak: Defunding COVID vaccines a perfectly reasonable step for Alberta

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