Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made a guest appearance on ET Canada Tuesday evening where he described how getting the COVID-19 vaccine was euphoric for him.
It was an “amazing feeling,” he said, adding that people should compel their “crusty old uncle who resists” to get the shot.
Trudeau called Canadians who are hesitant or refuse the vaccine "crusty old uncles."
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“You know, it’s amazing, because we were talking about how important it was for everyone to get vaccinated and what a big deal it was to get vaccinated, so I thought that was all built in already, but getting that shot, really was an amazing feeling. It it it, it hits you.”
Trudeau was sitting on the edge of his seat and appeared hyperactive as he described to ET host Sangita Patel how great it felt to be stuck with the AstraZeneca vaccine.
Trudeau has been eager to put on a youthful look as of late, going as far to tell Patel that he was young and not worried about the virus. Just this week, Trudeau was spooted walking out of the Wellington Building in Ottawa with a cane. Trudeau’s handlers insisted that the injury was a result of him “playing frisbee.”
For those who are hesitant or unwilling to get the vaccine, Trudeau wanted them to know that they are not in his good books, calling them “crusty old uncles.”
“It’s knowing that each of us doing our part is getting through this, because we don’t get through this unless the vast majority of the population gets that first shot, and then a few months later, gets that second shot. That’s how we get through it, and it’s something that everyone can do,” Trudeau insisted.
While Trudeau has received his first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine, it is not clear if he has received his second dose – something that the vast majority of Canadians haven’t been able to do as a result of the Prime Minister’s failed vaccine procurement schedule.
Less than 5% of Canadians have been fully vaccinated, compared to 40% in the United States.
