Readers have their say.

Let’s just put it plainly: it’s tiresome.

Not only that, but, during a global pandemic, it’s counter- productive, and is increasing the amount of fear Canadians already live with every day.

If you’re having a hard time figuring out when vaccines will arrive in Canada, and what order will be used to set the priority for the first vaccinations, you’re far from alone.

And Canada’s federal politicians aren’t helping, because they’re using the same old tricks and tactics to turn the pandemic into a cheap way to score political points.

Here’s a sample from the House of Commons question period on Tuesday.

Opposition Leader Erin O’Toole: “The prime minister has suggested that only a few Canadians will be vaccinated by September.”

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau: “As experts have said, we expect most Canadians to be vaccinated by September of next year, but we hope it will be much sooner than that.”

O’Toole again: “This morning, the deputy prime minister announced that only a handful of Canadians will be vaccinated by next summer. This government’s delays are putting lives in danger, and Canadian families want to see a plan.”

Trudeau: “Mr. Speaker, this government worked hard throughout the summer and secured access to tens of millions of doses of vaccines for Canadians.”

O’Toole: “Why did the prime minister put the lives of Canadians in the hands of Communist China when it came to a COVID vaccine?”

Trudeau: “Mr. Speaker, the leader of the Opposition should not just make stuff up.”

And it’s not just the leaders of the federal parties.

Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre: “Mr. Speaker, Canadians want their lives back, but yesterday they got no plan to fix the vaccine mess that the government has made.”

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland: “Mr. Speaker, let me start by setting the record straight on what I said about vaccines this morning since the leader of the official Opposition misconstrued my words, something which is becoming a bad habit of his. As Moderna’s chief medical officer said this week, ‘ Canada’s in the front row’ on vaccines.”

Back and forth it goes, and somewhere in the middle of all that lies the truth. Congratulations to you if you have any idea where.

The Conservatives claim the worstcase scenario, while the Liberals, if they actually have a plan, are being far too coy about telling us what it might be.

This is not a political football. It’s too serious to be kicked back and forth for marginal political points.

If there’s one thing that Canadians deserve as they suffer through both the broad range of impacts of the pandemic economic downturn, as well as the personal health dangers of COVID- 19, it’s the absolute truth about where we are, and what we can expect.