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Passport buzz drives vaccine interest: Google data

Plus: Cabinet goes for another kick at the can and a Ford staffer DJs a federal candidate's event

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Happy September! This is Queen’s Park Observer.

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BREAKING THIS MORNING — Premier DOUG FORD will unveil details of the hotly anticipated vax-pass program at 1 p.m. at Queen’s Park, alongside Health Minister CHRISTINE ELLIOTT, Associate Digital Government Minister KALEED RASHEED and top doc KIERAN MOORE. More on that below.

VACCINES GO VIRAL — While cabinet takes another crack at proof-of-vaccination details — the early news that the Ford government is bringing in a passport system appeared to rouse interest in folks getting the jab, data from Google Trends suggests.

Google searches for “how to get covid vaccine” climbed majorly in the second half of August — when mandates became a wedge issue on the federal campaign trail, Covid surged, a bunch more settings established vax policies, and frustration with the unvaccinated boiled over.

Google searches for “how to get covid vaccine.” 100 indicates peak interest.

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