Can government be trusted with a vaccine?

Dear Editor:

If one vaccine is developed and tested to our standards, will Canadians accept and trust our government?

When the annual flu comes each year, scientists select two or three from the 120 or so new strains, then develop a so called vaccine to prevent you from developing those 2-3 flus.

One year, I recall, our trusted government in Ottawa bought $1.5 billion worth of vaccine, but most Canadians refused to accept it.

The government offered leftover vaccines to Mexico and to Poland. Both countries refused the offer. The government offers vaccines “free” to seniors, handicapped and so on, but getting rid of the surplus seems to be a problem.

One gentleman I met says he took the vaccine, stating “well, its free” so I had to explain that only fallen arches, hemorrhoids and ingrown toenails are free — your tax money pays for the vaccines.

I understand that smallpox and polio were very successful vaccines, but will the government be certain that the new vaccine for the coronavirus will be tested and proven before it is used on Canadians?

Will the government buy made-in-USA, made-in-Canada or made-in-Russia vaccines?

Many billions of dollars are at stake and so are many potential lives if we end up getting a false or unproven vaccine that could be even worse than the coronavirus.

I know we can “trust our government in Ottawa” with our tax dollars, Finance

Minister Bill Morneau and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau would never think of using or stealing money from our taxpayers.

Trudeau never lied to Canadians about electoral reform, SNC Lavalin etc. So, let us all wait with our sleeves rolled up to see what the monkeys in Ottawa can come up with next.

It may even be a rich Liberal backbencher who will develop and market the “new vaccine.”

Keep the money in house? Corruption is never far away.

Jorgen Hansen, Kelowna