“Since the end of last year, the original vaccine has been tremendously effective at keeping people out of hospital,” said Dr. Alex Summers, medical officer of health at the Middlesex London Health Unit . “But with the new variants, the older vaccine just wasn’t as effective at preventing symptomatic illness and infection.”
Summers, along with other health experts, said those interested in receiving the new additional dose should wait a minimum of three months before getting the vaccine, as the province is recommending people wait six months before getting this dose. He added that currently, heading into the fall and winter, London is at “a new baseline of COVID activity.”
According to province-wide statistics, the number of people getting vaccinated seems to decrease with every booster made available, as about 86 per cent of people in Ontario have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine while roughly 51 per cent have received a third dose.Story continues below advertisement