Pollster Angus Reid says more Canadians are willing to roll up their sleeves right away as the COVID-19 vaccine begins to roll out across the country. A month ago, 40 per cent of Canadians said they were ready to be vaccinated as soon as possible. That has now risen to 48 per cent. 61 per cent of those 65 and older are ready. The number of those who say they won’t get vaccinated remains steady at one in seven.
Willingness to get inoculated quickly varies across the province with the lowest numbers in Saskatchewan at 40 per cent whereas in B.C. Quebec, and Atlantic Canada, half of the people say they are ready to get vaccinated.
In this province, 31 per cent say they will get vaccinated eventually. Twenty-one per cent say they won’t and eight per cent aren’t sure.
When it comes to the restrictions that have been put in place in Saskatchewan to fight the virus, 47 per cent of people asked said they don’t go far enough. Twenty-six per cent said they are about right. Twenty-six per cent said they go too far.