06-08-2021, 01:02 PM
(06-08-2021, 09:20 AM)welltoldtales Wrote: It sounds like a big reason was a recent outbreak associated with some event. When you are looking at smaller populations this can happen pretty quickly. We will see what happens but I do think another issue we will have here is there are large portions of the population that will refuse the vaccine.
We have a number of religious groups that I know the region is trying to engage but I think it is going to be tough to convince them to take the vaccine. And that bubbles over to other folks too. Anyone that is on the fence feels a bit safer saying they won't take the vaccine when they have groups who are also refusing it. Luckily for our region though, it seems that many of the individuals refusing the vaccine also tend to have better success outcomes.
I don't see a pattern matching a big outbreak, and I don't see one among the outbreaks on the regional site (there are only four active outbreaks at the moment, with a total of 47 cases). Instead, it simply looks like our cases are not dropping as fast as much of the rest of the province.
Vaccine hesitancy does not appear to be a problem yet, some small, specific groups aside.