Researchers found residents of long-term care homes, retirement homes and assisted living facilities mounted a robust immune response to a third mRNA vaccination and had a greater capacity to fight infection compared to those with a two-dose series.
How can the vaccines be safe if they were developed so quickly? Is natural immunity better than being vaccinated? McMaster experts share insights on addressing vaccine hesitancy with the Conversation Canada.
In places with low vaccination rates, COVID-19 has the chance to linger, and variants develop and travel. Without global vaccine equity, this entirely predictable pattern will repeat itself.