Vax Pass providing incentive to get COVID-19 shot
CBC
P.E.I.'s Vax Pass policy begins Tuesday, and it may be no coincidence that vaccination clinics and pharmacies are seeing a boost in first-dose bookings for COVID-19 shots.
Under the Vax Pass rules, people must show proof that they are fully vaccinated before they can enter many businesses, venues and recreational facilities.
Angela Cameron said she reluctantly got her first dose on Monday, because she wants to be allowed in the hockey rink to cheer on her kids.
"We definitely don't want to miss out and be sitting in the car, missing goals and everything like that," she said.
Cameron said she was worried the vaccine would actually give her some amount of COVID-19, though a nurse at the Charlottetown clinic assured her that's not how it works.
But even with that concern out of the way, she still feels she and her husband have been strong-armed into getting the shot.
"It's just something we weren't planning on doing to be honest. But now, with the stricter rules, and for us to really want to do anything as far as even going out to eat, the two of us, you need it now — you have to show your proof."
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