Canada withdraws outdated COVID-19 vaccines

Canadian health officials instructed all provinces to remove from the market and destroy all outdated COVID-19 vaccines that target XBB subvariants beginning September 1. The government is preparing for the rollout of the updated COVID-19 vaccines, expected to be available in Canada next month. Some have expressed concern that Canadians will be unable to get vaccinated this month as COVID-19 levels remain high throughout the country. Several vaccine conspiracists have insinuated that the withdrawal is “destroying the evidence” that the vaccines are harmful.

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