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COVID-19 Vaccine: Waiting for the Needle

COVID-19 Vaccine: Waiting for the Needle
A subject receives a shot in the first-stage clinical trial of a potential Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle on March 16, 2020. Ted S. Warren/AP Photo
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When I was in elementary school, students viewed the arrival of vaccination day with great trepidation. Each year, more than a few kids broke down in tears at the prospect of being stuck with a needle in front of classmates. In 2020, the year of pandemic, the fears of the distant past have been replaced by an urgent desire to get the needle. Canadians want a vaccine and they want it now.

Ken Coates
Ken Coates
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Ken Coates is a senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute and the Canada research chair in regional innovation at the University of Saskatchewan.
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