Canadian infectious disease doctor says logic behind Trudeau’s travel mandate doesn’t hold

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'The justification behind vaccine mandates is that they help prevent transmission. But this does not seem to be the case any longer … ' Dr. Zain Chagla wrote.

Even while maintaining that vaccines are important “in the fight against COVID-19,” a Canadian infectious disease doctor says the “logic” behind vaccine mandates no longer holds.

Last Wednesday, Dr. Zain Chagla, an infectious diseases physician and associate professor at McMaster University, wrote an opinion piece for the Globe and Mail in which he argued that even as a someone who supports vaccination against COVID-19, policies like Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s vaccine mandate for travelers can no longer be scientifically justified.

After reiterating the mainstream narrative surrounding COVID-19 by saying that he “wholeheartedly” supports vaccination against the highly survivable virus, Chagla goes on to state that “medicine is about recognizing what does and does not make sense based on the prevailing science,” and therefore, in light of the recent evidence, “we should reconsider our mandate requiring full vaccination for Canadians boarding a commercial plane or train for travel to domestic and international destinations.”

“The justification behind vaccine mandates is that they help prevent transmission. But this does not seem to be the case any longer, with the Omicron variant,” Chagla wrote in his May 11 piece.