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Friday, October 16, 2009

Canadian Health Minister Wants 100% Of Population H1N1 Vaccinated

Despite national polls indicating that only one third of Canadians intend to get the H1N1 flu vaccine, a Federal Health Minister says it is the government’s goal to vaccinate 100% of the population.

“My goal is to have 100 per cent of Canadians (vaccinated),” chief public health officer Dr. David Butler-Jones told reporters at the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg.

The minister stated that the vaccine will be rolled out in the first week of November, with the goal of vaccinating everyone by the end of December.

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