March 15, 2021 – CBC News
Canada will recommend AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine for those over 65, documents show
By: Adam Miller
Dr. Nathan Stall, Associate Fellow at the NIA, said issues with data from Scotland, regarding the effectiveness of the vaccine in older age groups, may have factored into NACI's initial decision. "Overall, what has happened with the AstraZeneca vaccine has been very, very unfortunate from almost the get-go," said Stall, who is a member of NACI but does not speak on behalf of the committee. "So many things, unfortunately, went wrong along the way."