Despite the new BA.5 variant fueling a summer wave of COVID-19, Canadians are now divided when it comes to a possible return of mask mandates.
That’s the finding from a new Angus Reid Institute study that showed only 51% would support mandating masks again in public spaces. Meanwhile, COVID-19 vaccine passports have also become extremely unpopular across the nation.
“Consider that last September, amid the fourth wave of the virus, seven-in-ten Canadians (70%) said they would support a vaccine passport in their community to require residents to show proof of inoculation to enter larger public spaces; this concept is now supported by one-in-four (25%),” Angus Reid said in a release.