Three months ago, Canada, which has no domestic manufacturer of COVID-19 vaccines, lagged far behind the United States in immunizations. (The United States ranks sixth, ahead of only Japan.) AdvertisementThe simple answer is that in Canada, the pandemic didn’t become a politically polarized issue, as it did in the United States. Like the United States, Canada has anti-vaxxers — just fewer of them. Florida led the United States in COVID-19 cases last week, and more than 39,000 Sunshine State residents have died from the disease.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 01, 2021 11:02 UTC