Canada's 2nd Dose Vaccinations Surpass U.S. As Americans Grapple With COVID-19 Surge

[paleotn]

17. Hope the rates in both countries continue to improve....

but there was no legitimate reason for Canada's painfully slow start other than the fact that they can sometimes be the Vogon Empire when it comes to bureaucracy. Equally, there's no legitimate reason why vaccination rates are so spotty across the US other than the fact at least 1/3 of our populace lives in some religo-fascist dream state.

Opening the border is important economically to my region, northern New England / Upstate NY / Quebec / New Brunswick, and we've been waiting for them to finally catch up. While we were ramping up vaccinations in my US region this winter and spring, people in QB, NB, NS and elsewhere were screaming about why Canada wasn't or couldn't do the same. Now, we may not get the border opened due to US vaccination spottiness by state. It's maddening for a lot of folks up here. It doesn't have to be this way.