Fears of contamination have subsided significantly across the country. As the H1N1-Swine Flu pandemic seems to be levelling off in Canada, fewer people are contemplating the need to get vaccinated against the flu, a new Angus Reid Public Opinion poll has found. In the online survey of a representative national sample of 1,005 Canadian adults, just under a quarter of the population (23%) claims to have been immunized against the Swine Flu. Three quarters of Canadians (77%) have not been vaccinated yet. ... | Read More

Canadians are clearly more concerned about Swine Flu and have started to criticize the way their governments are dealing with the pandemic, a new Angus Reid Public Opinion poll has found. In the online survey of a representative national sample of 1,003 Canadian adults, only 36 per cent express satisfaction with their provincial government's level of preparedness for Swine Flu, a 20-point drop since a survey conducted in the last week of October. Ontarians (30%) and Albertans (20%) appear particularly dismayed ... | Read More

With immunization programs against the H1N1 influenza virus now under way in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom, a new poll by Angus Reid Strategies has found that many people in the three countries do not plan to get the vaccine at all. In the online survey of representative national samples in each one of the three countries, 36 per cent of Canadians, 26 per cent of Americans, and 20 per cent of Britons say that they are planning ... | Read More