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Should Canadians be offered booster shots, when poorer countries struggle to access vaccines? - CBC, August 5, 2021

Published: 5 August 2021

Dr. Madhukar Pai, Professor at the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health and past McGill Global Health Programs Director, is among the experts interviewed by CBC The Current.

"Should richer countries be offering citizens third, booster shots of COVID-19 vaccines (in some cases to allow international travel), or should those shots be shared globally, with countries where access to vaccines is low? Guest host Rosemary Barton speaks to Benoit Barbeau, a virologist at the University of Quebec; and Madhukar Pai, Canada Research Chair in epidemiology and global health at McGill University."

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