Little Risk From Double Vaxxed Americans, Top Canadian Doctor Says
July 17, 2021 ctn_admin
CANADIAN PRESS – A top Canadian doctor says there’s minimal risk to opening the border to fully vaccinated American visitors.
Dr. Sumon Chakrabarti, an infectious disease specialist in Mississauga, Ont., said it’s the next logical step in reopening plans, and would mark a shift from efforts to eliminate risk to those that mitigate it.
“The risk won’t be zero … (but) we have to start making these adjustments to move back to normal,” he said. “We can’t stay in suspended animation with our nearest neighbour.”
Dr. Isaac Bogoch, who sits on a federal panel that advises the Trudeau government about health matters and COVID-19, told Canadian Travel News last month that he, too, doesn’t see a big problem with allowing double vaxxed Americans into Canada.
“From a medical and public health point of view, fully vaccinated individuals don’t pose a significant threat to Canada. They just don’t,” he said in a telephone interview. “It’s not zero, but it’s very, very low risk.”
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told provincial premiers on Thursday that doubly-vaccinated American travellers could be allowed to visit Canada by mid-August, with international travellers possibly cleared to visit in September.
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