Two-dose passport 'almost worthless': Ottawa medical experts
Finally starting to hear from some senior medical advisors agreeing with what some of us have been saying for months now...
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Some Ottawa-area public health experts would like to see the province's COVID-19 vaccine passport require Ontarians have a booster shot in order to enter a range of indoor establishments.
Premier Doug Ford announced Thursday the province will begin lifting public health restrictions at the end of the month, and said no changes to the two-dose requirement are currently planned.
"Fish or cut bait," said Dr. Doug Manuel, an epidemiologist and senior scientist at The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. "two-dose passport is almost worthless…You might as well just throw it away — or you bring the three-dose."
Manuel said two doses of COVID-19 vaccine is not enough protection to prevent Omicron cases from surging once current restrictions are lifted. Two doses, he said, are only about 20 per cent effective in protecting against Omicron infection, although the same dosage is more effective in protecting against severe infection and hospitalizations.
