NEW from @OliviaBowden__: Before Ontario announced a pause on first doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine on Tuesday, residents had already begun snubbing it in favour of Pfizer or Moderna. thestar.com/news/gta/2021/…
“Last week was relatively normal. We did 300 doses,” said Gina Mannella, the executive director of Prime Care Family Health Team in Milton, before the announcement Tuesday. “And then this week, it just died.” /2 thestar.com/news/gta/2021/…
After Ontario announced Friday that Pfizer and Moderna vaccines would be offered at more than 130 pharmacies, people called asking what vaccines it offered.
“And they all wanted Pfizer or Moderna,” said Mannella. /3 thestar.com/news/gta/2021/…
“And they all wanted Pfizer or Moderna,” said Mannella. /3 thestar.com/news/gta/2021/…
And now, Ontario has announced a pause on all first doses of AstraZeneca out of an “abundance of caution” due to an increase in rare blood clots observed in residents, said Dr. David Williams, the province’s chief medical officer. /4 thestar.com/news/gta/2021/…
The move follows eight cases of vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT) as of Saturday among more than 650,000 doses administered since the province began using the AstraZeneca vaccine in early March. /5 thestar.com/politics/provi…
Hesitancy around AstraZeneca was further inflamed last week after the National Advisory Committee on Immunization repeated its recommendation that mRNA vaccines such as Pfizer and Moderna are “preferred” over viral vector vaccines such as AstraZeneca. /6 thestar.com/news/gta/2021/… 
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