Six-month COVID-19 vaccine delay would have cost $156B: study

A study from the C.D. Howe Institute estimates Canada would have lost $156 billion in economic activity in 2021 had COVID-19 vaccines been rolled out six months later than they were. 
That would have been equivalent to about 12.5 per cent of Canada’s gross domestic product.
“The results show that vaccination was highly beneficial to population health and also cost-effective from an economic perspective,” the think tank said in a report released Thursday. 
Rosalie Wyon