Vaccine skeptics are circulating articles alleging that a Canadian premier is the first “major politician” to apologize to the unvaccinated people for being wrong about the COVID-19 vaccine.
Contrary to what the articles and those sharing them are implying, this is not an instance of a politician changing their mind about COVID-19 vaccines. The premier has a long history of promoting false claims about COVID-19 and making anti-vaccine mandate statements, including promoting fake COVID-19 cures in 2020, comparing vaccinated citizens to Nazi sympathizers in 2021, and claiming in 2022 that unvaccinated people face more discrimination than any other group. Peer-reviewed studies and real-world data have repeatedly demonstrated that COVID-19 vaccines are safe and have saved millions of lives throughout the pandemic.
