Western Standard - September 13, 2022


Pandemic conspiracy theories that turned out to be true


Episode Stats

Length

1 minute

Words per Minute

140.41547

Word Count

178

Sentence Count

7


Summary

What do you do with someone with an allergy, or someone who's immunocompromised, or who for religious or deep convictions decides that no, they don't want to get a vaccine? We're not a country that makes vaccination mandatory, for example.


Transcript

00:00:00.000 We have seen over the past number of years a rise in concerted efforts around misinformation
00:00:13.280 and disinformation on a broad range of subjects.
00:00:17.880 It deals everything we need to keep people safe.
00:00:20.140 We need to do that in a way that is respecting people's dignity and supporting them properly.
00:00:26.880 And I can assure you that everyone is following up carefully to make sure that there are a broad range of reasons why someone might not get vaccinated.
00:00:35.940 And I'm worried about creating knock-on, undesirable effects in our community.
00:00:42.720 I think the indications that the vast majority of Canadians are looking to get vaccinated will get us to a good place without having to take more extreme measures
00:00:55.120 that could have real divisive impacts on community and countries.
00:00:59.380 But like I said, what do you do with someone with an allergy?
00:01:01.980 What do you do with someone who's immunocompromised or someone who for religious or deep convictions decides that no, they're not going to get a vaccine?
00:01:12.260 We're not a country that makes vaccination mandatory, for example.