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A group of doctors across Canada are hoping to monitor the safety of the COVID-19 vaccines and are looking for vaccinated and unvaccinated people.
The Canadian National Vaccine Safety Network (CANVAS) wants 600,000 individuals (300,000 per approved vaccine) to sign up for the web-based survey to track any potential adverse reactions.
“Tracking vaccine safety is a critically important task which CANVAS conducts for many vaccines,” said Dr. Julie Bettinger, the questionnaire's lead investigator, in a news release. “We are massively scaling up this work to find out whether and how often any adverse reactions occur after a COVID-19 vaccination."
Investigators are looking for participants across Canada, specifically in B.C., Yukon, Alberta, Ontario, Quebec, Novia Scotia and P.E.I. They hope to register a control group of approximately 50,000 unvaccinated people.
In an email, Cheryl Rossi, a spokesperson for B.C. Children's Hospital Research Institute, said this is a great opportunity for those who have been wishing for a way to help further COVID research but are still waiting to be immunized.
People can sign up for the study on the . Those who are vaccinated will complete online surveys eight days after they receive the first vaccine and again after the second dose.
Non-vaccinated people will complete three surveys. Investigators will then be able to estimate how much illness is expected in the community.
There is no deadline to register for the study.
