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CBC Article:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/covid-deaths-health-minister-shephard-1.6451680

Following Health Canada's emergency authorization of the Pfizer–BioNTech vaccine on December 9, 2020, mass vaccination efforts began across the country on December 14, 2020.

DECEMBER 9, 2020
The first shipment of the COVID-19 vaccine will arrive in New Brunswick next week and provincial officials are still working on the rollout plan. Premier Blaine Higgs says he'll discuss it with the COVID cabinet committee. Silas Brown has more.

The first shipment of the COVID-19 vaccine will arrive in New Brunswick next week and provincial officials are still working on the rollout plan. Premier Blaine Higgs says he'll discuss it with the COVID cabinet committee. Silas Brown has more – Dec 9, 2020

DECEMBER 19, 2020
New Brunswick on Saturday has begun its vaccination process for COVID-19 in Miramichi. President/CEO of Horizon Health Network Karen McGrath and the province's chief medical officer of health Dr. Jennifer Russell delivered remarks about the "historic" day, stating staff will be working 12 -hour days amid the rollout, starting with 2,000 vaccinations a week.

N.B. has received only 59% of COVID-19 vaccine doses expected February 13, 2021
MAY 4, 2021
During a COVID-19 briefing on Tuesday, New Brunswick's Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development Dominic Cardy urged people questioning public safety guidelines and undermining the faith of the vaccine rollout to "look at the evidence," and to take the first shot offered, criticizing the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) for contributing to the confusion. "Ignore NACI, ignore anti-maskers, ignore the people undermining faith and science. And do your part for New Brunswick," he said.

DECEMBER 17, 2020
New Brunswick is two days away from giving its first doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, and even before the initial rollout behinds, the province is already looking ahead to its second and third batches. Travis Fortnum reports.

New Brunswick now has an updated COVID-19 vaccination plan that aims to see every resident who wants to be vaccinated get their first dose by July 1, 2021 and a second dose by summer's end.

New Brunswick Vaccine Rollout:
Let’s line the dates up with the excess deaths from the article to see how they fit. The excess deaths in New Brunswick started around July 17, 2021, according to the CBC Here’s what the vaccine rollout dates tell us:
• December 9, 2020: Health Canada authorizes the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, and New Brunswick expects its first shipment soon after, with planning underway.
• December 14, 2020: Mass vaccination begins across Canada.
• December 17, 2020: New Brunswick is two days from its first doses, with a plan to get everyone who wants a first dose vaccinated by July 1, 2021.
• December 19, 2020: Vaccination starts in Miramichi, aiming for 2,000 shots a week initially.
• February 13, 2021: New Brunswick has received only 59% of expected doses, showing some supply hiccups.
• May 4, 2021: The province is pushing forward with the rollout, urging people to take the first shot offered.
So, the vaccine rollout in New Brunswick kicked off in mid-December 2020, well before the excess deaths began in July 2021. By May 2021, they were still ramping up, with a goal of first doses for all willing residents by July 1, 2021—just a couple weeks before the excess deaths started spiking.

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