COVID-19 vaccination campaigns saved Canada billions of dollars, report estimates

Canada was spared the loss of billions of dollars by COVID-19 vaccination campaigns, according to the C.D. Howe Institute. A new report authored by institute policy analysts Rosalie Wyonch and Tingting Zhang offers projections of what could have happened had the federal government not pursued and pushed vaccines. The report states that vaccines were "highly effective at reducing COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths." "Estimates suggest 21 per cent fewer cases, 37 per cent fewer hospitaliz