Speaking today at a virtual townhall for Yukoners, Dr. Theresa Tam says the risk of asymptomatic infection and transmission is far lower for anyone who receives two shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, or Oxford AstraZeneca vaccines.Tam says studies show that vaccination "reduces the amount of virus in the back of your nose," which in turn dials down the risk of spreading COVID-19 to others, especially after the second dose.
Alberta and other parts of Canada remain mired in the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, even as hospitalization rates have started to tick downward in provinces such as Ontario and Quebec.
So why bother getting vaccinated at all?
I’m not retweeting that
a year ago... she also told Canadian no need to wear marks too. I remember very very clearly. Da hell with her 🙄
Lock everybody up for a year.. and we should be all good
And if the 2nd dose is not when is s cientifically proven that works, we Canadians are being treated as lab rats.
Hope she is not trying to contaminate everyone with paranoid feelings. When I will have my 2 shots I do not want to hear the restrictions anymore. There are limits to insanity opinions and paranoid doctors advise. Give us a break and stop your hope zero covid.
Of course not. It'll have to be treated like seasonal flu. A vaccine every year if you want it & life goes on as the OLD NORMAL. People still get the flu & still die from it. My Dr. told me many times, 'it's a virus, it has to run its course'. The world doesn't shut down for it.
We need to fire theresa tam and bonnie henry
China is gonna delcair war on us
hi ctv news. just wanted to tell you to go fuck yourselves with this inaccurate, unhelpful, anti-vax, fear mongering headline. you should be ashamed. but you're not. so go fuck yourselves! bye!
Natural immunization is always better
Then why is it called a vaccination?
CTV: Can you work on your titles, cause you’re depressing me. “Vaccine will help majorly of people and save us a hospital trip.” Boo use my title free of charge.
Does she ever have any good news?
Tam has a problem explaining things to the general public.
MJosling53 She didn’t warn, she reminded us. Headlines matter.
I think she's trying to warn people that the shot isn't 100% and also takes time to build up immunity after you get the shot. People think they can get the shot and carry on as usual then wonder why they got covid a week after getting their shot.
These “vaccines”/ mRNA therapy are experimental, and a pharmaceutical money grab. Good luck being the guinea pigs 🐖. Read the chart attached before commenting. See how comfortable you feel.
We’ve known this all along. It is a reminder
Of course we know that. We have to still wear mask, social distancing and wash and keep clean. Our lives are not 100%guaranteed.
All the more reason to open. Unless she’s saying lockdowns and restrictions forever. They need to be asked point blank. Otherwise they will destroy us
Wrf happened to Canada?
I’ll take partial protection, thank you. Nothing in life is 100%. I’ll wear a mask and socially distance when necessary. Life is precious, I’ll do what it takes to preserve it. Thanks Dr. Tam.
Irresponsible journalism when people are refusing to get vaccinated. Neither she or you can make such definitive claims when we are in such early stages and 2nd doses are 4 months apart. Be encouraging enough already!
What am absolute space cadet trying to protect her stupid ass with the stupidest statements at the wrong time. No one will be protected at 100% for any disease. It's time to live with the virus vaccinated. Replace that fake dr, fonctionnaire with a real dr
FranklinEpic JHC. Comments are 🤯Read the f^*king article. Read broadly & try to understand the facts. This is not news, Dr Tam is explaining what far too many Canadians don’t yet understand. Vaccines will protect u from severe illness/death. Like the flu vaccine, u can still get the flu.
A lot of people commenting who obviously did not read the article. Common on social media and is getting old.
This corrupt tyranny will be ongoing until 2025
So is there such thing that will protect us100 percent?
go figure...
And with millions only having one shot for 4 months is even less helpful.
Some VERY stupid, ignorant comments from armchair microbiologists Do not go by what these ppl are saying...they didn’t even read the article and apparently have no idea how vaccines work
Then why get one
I was hesitant,because of known short-term and unkown long-term side effects of the new technology mRNA vaccines. After reading that my life will not return to normal by sacrificing my health and getting vaccines not tested by time, I’ll cancel my vaccination appointment.
🖕the author of this: ChrisAReynolds and whoever else that ok’ed the headline. Tam is talking about your chances of transmitting after vaccinated. Misleading bullshit headline. Ethics and morals not required to become a ‘journalist’. Garbage human beings, what’s wrong with you?
If that’s the case why bother
nice fear mongering! they really do want us locked up cant keep in power without thumb on the people
This is how she tells you that even though you have the vaccine, we still need a lockdown.
She is losing control!!!! Gotta add more fear control !!!
So it doesnt work ?....echo.....echo....echo....echo
🤣🤣🤣
Did science just evolve, or mutate this time?
This is not something new ! It’s the same with any virus and vaccine! No vaccine gives %100 protection. this post looks like a misinformation than a good one.
Tam is always negative
Of course it doesn’t 🙄🙄🙄
She just don’t know how to deliver a message, it may be true but also can so easily mis interpreted…why keep her as top doctor? After done so much more damage than good
Lockdowns forever then!
He needs to go
And 1+1 equals 2! Why does this even need saying? Does anyone think the vaccines are 100% effective?
This kind of statement can cause more confusion. People will ask why they need the vaccine if no full protection. Ugh...
Isn't she the same person who told us that Canada doesn't need to close border to prevent the pandemic and masks are not necessary? So why would we still believe what she said this time?
lol 😂
This is terrible messaging, she is God awful at this job until the end.
Okay explain this maybe?
What the .... is going on here? Why are we still listening to this crap?
I get it Dr. Tam- Vaccines don’t solve everything. But but I am constantly frustrated that you can’t grasp that by saying it you are “encouraging” some people to not get the vaccine. A bit of positive reinforcement please....
No vaccine is 100%, not even the flu shot. We are not injecting Lysol into our veins. Look at the world stats and quit listening to our puppet state.
Why does this idiot still have a job? She’s mismanaged communications since the beginning.
I had Covid, I had my first vaccine! I can now dodge bullets NEO covid vaccinated
She,s right as long as she and Justin are in charge
Not a single ontsrian will be fully vaccinated because none of us got the second dose in time.
Amen! Full protection is only in the gospel of Jesus Christ!
Can they not find a better communicator than this woman?
Who’s dying from Covid Dr Tam? Can you show us some true facts here for once? Can’t wait for the day when you go back to the hole they dug you out from when all this started
Good gif could this grossly incompetent liberal_party PattyHajdu get their messaging straight Canada has become a sad joke. We have been licked up for a year and we have a disaster of a govt leading this country
And here we are again with the bullshit fear mongering. CTV you SUCK. We KNOW it is not 100% The point was to get to a place where hospitals could manage. This is why people are revolting. It's the media fanning the flames.
Then why get vaccinated?
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Why don’t you warns that we will die if we got out?!There is car accident,thunder,fire,flood......
She admitted to have failed the elderly. About 20K of them. How many more does she need to fail until she gets fired? Asking for a friend... She also opposed the use of HCQ which could have saved thousands of lives. She will hopefully be prosecuted very soon!
News like this does nothing to encourage people to get vaccinated or follow restrictions.Just makes the hopelessness people are feeling real. Why bother if there is no end in sight. Dr. Tam and other “experts” should be pointing out how we’re going to get out of eternal lockdown.
CHINA WON!
It's high time to just put an end to this!!!
This is such irresponsible reporting - we should be encouraging people to get vaccinated not spreading this kind of ridiculous information. Of course you can still get Covid, but the risk dramatically decreases once vaccinated in addition to severity of symptoms decrease.
Then wtf are we getting vaccinated for. This will NEVER end.
Lol
People who want the vaccine should get the vaccine. People who are not in a go risk group should have the choice. Not sure why this is so hard.
End all lockdowns! Enough is enough... let's get back to living our lives. Life is too short to be locked in our homes and worrying about wrapping ourselves in bubble wrap.
She's been weirdly Awol like this whole time. You would think it's her and not my local MP who said something wrong.
Common misunderstanding is that 95% efficacy means that in the Pfizer clinical trial, 5% of vaccinated people got COVID. But not true; the actual percentage of vaccinated people in the Pfizer (and Moderna) trials who got COVID-19 was about a hundred times less than that: 0.04%.
Why is she still relevant, and why are people still listening to her BS!!
Getting Covid-vaccinated is like buying a car with only 3 wheels ie it doesn't really work
It just gets better and better. Ive been fully cooperative with guidelines. I’m so over this 🤦🏻♂️😩
Dr. Tam seems compelled to sabotage the attempt to exit this pandemic. Can we say “less than zero” credibility at this stage? If she weren’t a govt bureaucrat, she would have been fired after the face mask gaffe.
If media actually wanted to hold a public official accountable for omplete incompetence in responding to Covid + terrible vaccine messaging, TAM would be the lowest hanging fruit. But unbiased media go after the 11 UCP members who won't declare their vaccination intentions.
More irresponsible commentary from someone who should know better. We need people to want to get this - not to brush it off.
Wow. Who’s shocked? There is no cure for a highly transmissible, evolving virus? Who’d have thunk it?
People need to stop talking.
I sacrificed my first born to the gods. Am I protected now, dr. tam?
Tam is national disgrace.....she should be fired and sent to retirement..unreal
Agreed. Masks will still be required however the government must plan on opening all aspects of life while also ensuring booster vaccines are available.
She looks like she died 3 years ago who would want her advice on health? Miserable fuck
We don’t care what CPHO_Canada has to say anymore! Bye!
This is nothing new. No vaccine in the history of vaccines guarantees full protection. I know of 5 people that have tested positive after months of being vaccinated. They have no symptoms and feel fine. The whole point is preventing serious illness. Now they change the story
Yes, just take vaccines for namesake coz we want to show that as one of the development index of a country.. it neither prevents u from infection, no others.. but, just take and feel proud.. and continue masks, social distancing … cycle repeats!
Government is spending billions on vaccines. People are looking for hope to resume normalcy and we get to hear this!
What is the point of this? I’m sorry but once I am fully vaccinated I will be going back to normal & so will my kids. If you want to hide under a rock for all of eternity all the power to you CPHO_Canada but we cannot live out the rest of our days worried about Covid-19.
The what is the fricken point?
BogochIsaac ca’mon. Get these guys in line with the proper messaging to be encouraging to get vaxed. Hope! “Get vaxed and eliminate a hospital visit!” Sheesh. Is it so hard?
You ppl are missing the point. I DONT want even a mild case of Covid!! The long term damage is unknown and from early studies, not good and I suspect WILL cause early deaths! I want it eradicated with hard lockdowns! It’s so simple and we’d be done with it already!
I spent a week in Houston for work and life and airports are completely back to normal.
Tam can go screw herself. Once I have both shots, I’m done with her BS.
What is wrong with this woman?
Dr Tam is NOT an expert. None of them are.
Tam can go F herself that Biach.
Thanks Captain Obvious.....wtf is wrong with these people? Celebrity doctors
What is the point of getting vaccinated then no point
So then why go through all the bother of getting it? It's not only not protecting anybody it's giving people blood clots and one person was paralyzed😡 it was obvious they hadn't done enough research on these vaccines to know if they work.🙄
It's infamous that doctor's are some of the worst and uninformed investors. They appear to be terrible at messaging. Notice how CBCNews globalnews and you guys were so focused on the United States, now ignoring the fact they have fans in the stands TrudeauVaccineFailure
You can get it but it’s milder, if you have an immune system. You will transmit less, as you have less of a load. So if you transmit less to a vaccinated person , hopefully will be enough. Let’s get it done. The more cases, the stronger the virus, the more variants. 4 mo.not good
Just shut up already
Well S**t... looks like no end in sight, we are doomed
Yep. Fact of aerosol transmission COVID19 means Tam now has a huge task to correct her prior false statements re same so vaccinated people can maximize protection for self/others. cdnpoli
Then what is the fucking point?
We need to hear this more often. You need two doses. And even then you can still transmit and get COVID19 but you won’t be as sick.
Meanwhile Pfizer making billions of $$$$$
How on earth is this true all the science days different 🤔
What a gift to anti-vaxxers this messaging is. In the US there have been 5,800 cases out of 77 million fully vaccinated people. So 99.992% have not contracted covid post vaccination. But instead of that we go with, well it’s not 100%? Grossly irresponsible.
More lockdowns, contact tracing, social distancing, and surveillance in store for 2022, even with 90% of population fully vaccinated.
Joking!
This is so wrong. We need public health officials who are optimistic. Vaccines work!! Look at the US, Uk and Israel
I’m conflicted about this messaging. While it may be true, we should be promoting the positive points that vaccination will bring rather than harping on the fact that it’s less than perfect. Most people haven’t even received one vaccine dose. One step at a time
What an awful headline. Nothing medical is ever 100% effective.
She is an idiot. Only 5800 of 77 million fully vaccinated people tested positive which at .000074% is basically immune.
Headlines like that are why people are starting to hate the media.
She needs to be fired immediately for statements like that! She has lost the confidence of most people.
Does not guarantee is more accurate than does not equal. Nothing in medicine is 100% guaranteed but being vaccinated is 100% better than not being vaccinated.
Research on shedding from vaxx , spike potions, autoimmune disease, you need to Research the real truth follow the Gobluest Ellites i$$$$$$ agenda 201!
So it’s just like having a flu shot.
Oh good this will go well with the next narrative that we need to remain locked down for a few more years in order to get the govt stronger and to eliminate the middle class. Perfect!!!
Then what does?
Great job of selling vaccines to folks on the fence! Just setting us up for being fully vaccinated and nothing changing as far as lockdowns and restrictions. Fuck these folks, should have spent every dime on healthcare instead of paying folks to stay home.
I'm so tired of this woman .
I hate this Chinese
Also, who fucking cares about cases if hospitalizations and deaths drop?
Thanks. Now do 4-month intervals. 🤦🏼♀️ cdnpoli COVID19
but the population thinks so
Hey guys, why do you have vaccine hesitancy
Then what good is it Tam if you tell us it is effective 90%. Are they useless?
JustinTrudeau nobody believes or trusts what Dr. Tam says
DUHH
I’m good. I’ll take my chance - and if you are vaccinated then you should not be worried about it? You will be protected from the worse case scenario (the point of the vaccine). I will be waiting for at least more research and LT studies!
Listen to what some real unbiased Doctors have to say...
So why is Canada so different?
Please someone shut this woman up. Never anything gpod to say.
People need to understand that it’s not 100% Any doubts on the vaccine, read the horror stories from health care workers.
Didn't you tell us vaccines were the way out of this? If not, then why bullshit us? I'm getting tired of morons like Tam running the show. Koko the gorilla could have done a better job!
CPHO_Canada then why would we even get vaccinated? You are a horrible leader and provide no incentive to get vaccinated. What is the endgame? Do you even know? You are killing Canadians? Two weeks after my second dose I no longer comply with anything any government says.
The same as raking the flu shot won't 100% protect you from influenza. This why we need herd immunity.
ICantStandTrudeau ICantStandTam
Umm....the article does not actually say what the CTV headline implies. Unless I'm missing something. Anyone else a little confused here?
Oh good. Let’s keep the stupidity and ridiculous statements rolling. Get vaccinated and live your life folks. People like Tam want remain in the media spot indefinitely. Just tune her out.
so fed up of this shit
What an irresponsible article. CTV should be ashamed.
Then why the fuck are we getting vaccinated!!
After your fully vaccinated and 70% of Canadians are open everything up and let everything get back to normal! There is nothing more we can do after that. No we are not fully immune from Ebola , or Dengue Fever, or Malaria, or getting in a car accident.
Nope but a full vaccination is a definite start
So 4 months apart isn't good? Dummies
Read the article!
She's starting to get on my nerves.
It is not 100 percent protection. We all know that but this was needless statement at this time.
Shut up CPHO_Canada. Go put a bag over your head and jam it into Justins glory hole.
Si do we now press the apocalypse button ? because it seems like this is the end of the world according to her
The injections are not vaxxines, do some research folks
Seems to change her mind as the wind blows, I have no confidence in what she says.
Just keep moving those goal posts
Yes let’s warn everyone after they already started vaccinations
What does he really know about anything
There goes Tam Tam again. Dumb dumb.
LOL really? New news? 🙄
my god there is an incredible amount of stupid people here that just read topic titles. unbelievable.
Are you trying to increase vaccine hesitancy?
Fuck. And off. Once I have my second shot, 14 days later I become non-compliant for ALL covid restrictions. I didn't waste a year+ of my life to listen to some petty bureaucrat try and justify her job. August 1 (at the latest) - I AM DONE.
Just means we don’t end up in hospital, straining an already busy system!
Thousands of professionals are calling TPTB on their BS.
It’s time for Tam to take a hike. Get the fuck out.
I respect her role and her credentials, but this person needs to take some corporate communications classes.
Wonder if getting only 1 dose for 4 months against the recommended dose instructions of 21-28 days, Canada is really just a big experiment for these Politicians who have no clue what they are doing Obvious by Canada's mismanagement by Feds and all Governments across the Country
So why the talk about covid vaccines then.................................................... ?
Vaccins lessen the chance of the virus killing you. It does not prevent from contracting it. It just means the symptoms won’t threaten your life.
This same lady?
This is misinformation. The Full Vaccine means that life can go back to nOrMaL™. I read it on the twitter, from a qualified liberal fack checker.
We have been had
cdnpoli COVID19Canada GovCanHealth CanadianPM give us the 2 doses timely not as per NADI non data based recommendation (limited supply) and then talk. Maybe then we may believe you 🤨
So what do we do? Stay locked up at home forever
So why bother getting g the vaccine then. They said when we got vaccinated we would be a ok. But apparently it is just another tissue of lies
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