JANUARY 19, 2022
TORONTO, January 19, 2022—The results of a national survey released today by Maru Public Opinion delves into the attitudes of Canadians towards the one-in-ten (9%) of their neighbours nationally who admit they are currently unvaccinated..
Canadians view the unvaccinated as responsible for overwhelming the health care system (48%), people who are holding Canadians back from having a new normal life (40%), endangering society (36%), misguided conspiracy theorists (36%), good people with legitimate reasons/concerns (27%), reckless (26%), super-spreaders of the virus (17%), and/or heroes for free speech/choice (12%). In addition, A majority (54%) say they don’t have sympathy for the unvaccinated who get seriously ill or die from COVID (46%)...
Regardless, two-thirds (66%) of Canadians favor mandatory vaccinations for everyone aged 5+...
For those who refuse to be vaccinated, Canadians find a variety of measures acceptable, in varying degrees, that might be used to more forcibly encourage them to get the jab: ongoing restrictions from entering public spaces and premises such as restaurants, cinemas, libraries, liquor and cannabis stores, and various retail outlets (77%), followed by having them pay out of pocket for the full medical cost if they are admitted to hospital or an ICU because they have contracted COVID (61%), pay a monetary healthcare surcharge on their taxes of up to $150 per month (61%), refuse to allow them access to any publicly funded hospital/medical services (37%), refuse them the renewal of their driver’s license (33%), and even for some (27%), have them serve up to five (5) days as part of a jail sentence for endangering others/overwhelming healthcare system. ..
One-in-ten (9%) Canadians have refused to get a Covid vaccine. This group is most likely to be found in Alberta (12%), Québec (12%), and Ontario (11%), followed by those living in Atlantic Canada (5%) and British Columbia (5%), and Manitoba/Saskatchewan (3%).
These individuals are equally likely to be men (10%) and women (9%)..
A majority (54%) of Canadians don’t have sympathy for an unvaccinated person if they become seriously ill or die as a result of contracting COVID