The latest conspiracy theory being propagated by extremists in the NDP is the idea that Ontario is hoarding vaccines. You might have heard the allegation from NDP Oshawa MPP Jennifer French that "there are vaccine doses sitting in freezers." Nothing could be further from the truth.
The accusation was so wrong and so inflammatory that Ontario's Chief Coroner Dr. Dirk Huyer specifically addressed it at a news conference on Thursday. Dr. Huyer confirmed that while vaccines are, in fact, stored in freezers, they are immediately allocated to a vaccination destination (like a vaccine clinic or a pharmacy). The goal is to get them out the door as fast as possible. City of Toronto health officials also went public to state emphatically, "We do not stockpile vaccine."
Now, of course, we are talking about vaccines. They are not like a six pack of beer that you throw in a cooler in the trunk of your car. Vaccines must be stored at a specifically cold temperature until they are administered to a patient. So technically, yes, vaccines are stored in "freezers." But the point is that they are delivered as soon as possible to a clinic or pharmacy. They don't sit around and there is no hoarding. So the NDP conspiracy theory being advanced by Jennifer French is false.
As of March 31, 2021 Ontario had adminstered over 2 million doses of vaccine. That number could have been much higher but 800,000 doses promised by the federal government never arrived. By April 9, 2021 Ontario had administered over 3 million doses of vaccine.
For an intelligent explanation of how vaccines are distributed through Ontario's supply chain, you can read or watch this interview with Dr. Isaac Bogoch of Ontario's Covid-19 Vaccine Distribution Task Force.
However, if conspiracy theories are more your thing, you can read NDP Oshawa MPP Jennifer French's news release on her website.