Immunocompromised people in Thunder Bay still concerned as COVID-19 restrictions ease – CBC

The province ended vaccine passports for businesses but mandatory masking remains for now

Mar 04, 2022

Some immunocompromised people in Thunder Bay, Ont., say the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted their ability to live their lives, but remain worried about dropping public health measures such as vaccine certificates and mask mandates.

Ontario lifted its proof-of-vaccination requirements for businesses such as restaurants and gyms on March 1, and Dr. Kieran Moore, the province’s chief medical officer for health, said mask mandates could end by the end of the month.

Vaccines are less effective in those who are immunocompromised because their immune systems don’t mount an optimal response to them, said Dr. Jen Gommerman, a professor of immunology in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto and a Canada Research Chair in tissue specific immunity.

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/thunder-bay-immunocompromised-1.6372108