Quebec will ignore the federal government’s vaccine committee and give the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to over 80s. In that respect, it is following the lead of the UK, and latterly of France, in deciding that the urgency of the pandemic is more important than trying to tailor specific vaccines to age groups. In fact, the AZ jab seems to be proving just as effective as other vaccines. In Ontario, the AstraZeneca vaccine cannot be given to anyone over 65.
