Trust in vaccines growing in Canada

OTTAWA — A new survey from Proof Strategies suggests it’s not only Canada’s national vaccine advisers who have a “preferred” vaccine.

The survey of 1,500 people taken during the first three days of May suggests the two mRNA vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna are way out in front in the eyes of Canadians.

More than eight in 10 people surveyed said they trusted the Pfizer vaccine to be safe and effective, and almost as many said they trusted Moderna.

However, only half of the respondents trusted Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine and 4.5 in 10 trusted Oxford-AstraZeneca.

There is, however, excellent news in the numbers. The number of people who said they trusted “the COVID-19 vaccine” to be safe and effective is up 10 points since January.