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Zain Chagla, Associate Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, McMaster University

Politicizing COVID-19 vaccination efforts has fuelled vaccine hesitancy

Health-care workers watch from a window as demonstrators gather outside Toronto General Hospital in September 2021 to protest against COVID-19 vaccines, mandates and restrictions. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

The current political landscape has become increasingly intertwined with vaccine policy.

Platforms from political parties have included vaccine mandates, third-dose policies and mandatory vaccination proposals aimed at children. Québec has even proposed taxing people who remain unvaccinated.

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