The WHO doesn’t want the only Canadian-made vaccine. What does that mean for our 20 million doses?

The World Health Organization’s decision to pause the only Canadian-developed COVID vaccine’s application for emergency use around the world means the federal government may have a problem on its hands.

This puts the company in violation of a long-standing World Health Organization policy against engaging with tobacco or weapons companies. This won’t affect the dose’s use here in Canada, though it’s not clear how many doses will be needed locally, when four out of five Canadians already have two shots.

It’s a ruling that has divided even anti-tobacco activists and doctors over whether a total rejection of the tobacco industry is worth hampering a life-saving vaccine. The Medicago assessment is on hold until that happens. But the vaccine’s success is an especially pressing question for Canada, which sunk $173 million into the company’s new vaccine-manufacturing hub in Quebec City.

Do they think that this will stop people from smoking? So stupid 🤦‍♀️

No one cares about Pfizer receiving the biggest fine in history. We still got millions of their vaccines. This connection doesn’t matter as much as the fine.

Ridiculous decision. Like the big pharmaceutical companies have the moral high ground? This could have saved lives WHO

The WHO loved looking down their noses at the ‘rich’ countries getting vaccines and not sharing. Now they’re going to turn down 20+ million doses over politics. Ok can we officially tell the WHO to STFU now?

It means another example of poor liberal spending

Send the vaccines to Mexico.

The WHO complains we are forgetting about vaccines for the rest of the world and then refuses a vaccine that could help the rest of the world. They are a disgrace.

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