They absolutely can and will. Consistent principles are not something these people are burdened by.
Here in Ontario it’s interesting that I had no problems at all booking my first shot for just a few weeks in the future, right at the local centre here in town, with a second booking for mid-August. Rescheduling the second booking earlier was more of a challenge, unless I was willing to drive a fair distance, which doesn’t bother me except for the possibility of getting delayed and possibly missing my appointment, or else arriving much too early. I did manage to get a booking at the local place but not until end of July. I’m tired of playing this game and will probably leave it at that. Though a friend in a nearby town managed to get an appointment for Monday, but that’s in a different county.
I imagine the current difficulty is that first shots are pretty much wide open now to everyone, and even eligibility for second shots is fairly broad, so there’s lots more demand.
I got my first shot (Astrazeneca) on April 1. I was offered a second Astrazeneca shot a couple of weeks ago, but opted to wait for Pfizer or Moderna. I subsequently booked my second shot for July 2 at a clinic 20 minutes away by car. This morning I was able to re-schedule my second shot to June 25 at a clinic a short walk away. I’m in BC.
Ha ha ha. Sure they can! If logic had anything to do with their position, they’d get vaccinated.
Anyway, most germies are NOT Randian types. The popularity of stuff like libertarianism and objectivism can’t even come close to explaining the number of plague rats we’re dealing with. Most are sucked in by internet memes and conspiracy theories. I have never encountered a germie who doesn’t come at this from the perspective of “I read a thing online” and the crossover between vaccine refusal and other woo-woo nonsense like believing in homeopathy is incredible.
My lady got her second shot yesterday. She’s sick today, but happy anyway.
This would be extraordinary news if true and could be supported by a link to a credible news site. I haven’t heard anything about this. I rather suspect it’s an octogenerian who may have tested positive but died of other causes, and that some media are trying to sensationalize it for headlines.
From the article:
This seems alarming:
Bolding mine.
Here in Quebec, I just booked my second dose through the website for 56 days after my first dose (the minimum allowed here), and it was a struggle – appointment slots were taken extremely quickly and it took a few tries to locate an available one. Apparently there are fewer doses of Pfizer coming in the next few weeks so appointments are being limited somewhat: Pandémie de la COVID-19 - Malgré des livraisons du vaccin Pfizer à la baisse au cours des prochaines semaines, tous les rendez-vous seront honorés
Quite alarming. This is why even when I’m fully vaccinated I will not be dining inside restaurants, or going to large indoor gatherings.
This ain’t over.
A tip for my Ontario friends (shh - don’t share this!):
If you are in a newly eligible group e.g. 1st shot before May 12, in a non-Delta area that can register as of Monday at 8AM, login to the provincial site at 7:30ish. You may see a message that you are not eligible for an accelerated dose, but you can proceed to the booking page. You may see locations/times, but if you click on any of them you will not be able to choose a date earlier than the system assigned eligibility date 16 weeks after your initial date.
If you keep refreshing the page, you will stay logged in and as they flip the switch you can see and select available appointments. This keeps you out of the massive (50K+) queue that will form at 8AM.
Note from my local clinic to book a 2nd shot and bam! setup for the 25th. Moderna this time so I’ll only be 50% magnetic.
Watch out for this. My (US) state publishes a wealth of data by age, and it it looks like more than 80% of the 65+ crowd has been fully vaccinated (and 90% have at least one dose) but the rate of update for younger cohorts appears to be leveling off at much lower levels. I’ll be surprised if the 20-29 year olds get to 60% fully vaxxed.
Here in Ontario the 18-29 cohort is already at 62% (one dose) vs 89% for 75-79 (the highest percentage cohort). Given that many of the 18-29 just became eligible in the last 6 weeks, I’m guessing we are not going to see a significant variance in the % by cohort (<5%).
Got my second dose today at the drive-thru here. Less than two months from my first dose. Really happy to have this done.
“The National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) is recommending the provinces stop administering the AstraZeneca vaccine in most cases — even as booster shots for people who’ve already received first doses of the product.”
“NACI said Thursday that AstraZeneca recipients should instead receive a second dose of an mRNA vaccine, like the ones offered by Pfizer and Moderna.”
" A single dose of the AstraZeneca or Pfizer vaccines has been found to generate a significant antibody response to the novel coronavirus. “But a recent study by the U.K. Coronavirus Immunology Consortium and the University of Birmingham found that the AstraZeneca vaccine may actually induce a stronger cellular immune response than the Pfizer shot.”
“Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada’s chief public health officer, said that, based on early data, a mix-and-match regimen has “performed very well and seems to have a superior response” as it produces both a strong antibody and cellular response.”
I could be wrong, but I find this less alarming than others. The person who died and was vaccinated had already been admitted to hospital, and we don’t know his condition before contracting COVID - he very well might have been immunocompromised, or otherwise have been in very poor health. As for the other immunized folks, we know that the vaccine is not 100% effective, and in cases where vaccinated people get COVID it’s usually much less severe. Until this spreads further, or there are reports of vaccinated people getting severe symptoms I will remain optimistic.
New Brunswick just opened up second dose booking for those who received their first dose prior to May 16th. Given that I had to wait in the “waiting room” for 20 minutes and that the first available booking was for next Saturday I am please with what appears to be a robust turnout for the 2nd dose.
Shot #2 update: saw on the news that there’s going to be a mass vaccination event at the Scotiabank Arena this weekend, 10,000 doses. Trying to set a record for number of jabs given in one day at one spot.
So I go to the provincial site and for once I’ve only got a ten-minute wait in the queue. I enter all my health card info, choose the Scotia location and I’m given options for time slots.
Every single one of which was already booked up. Ah well.
At least if they pull off this crazy scheme, that’ll be a crap ton of people newly vaxxed by the end of the weekend. And I’m still on the Rexall list. So not the end of the world. Just a pain for everyone who didn’t see the news early enough or couldn’t make it to the internet in time.
I’m seeing tons of spots at other City run clinics on vaccine-ontario.ca which scrapes the availability of multiple sites. Is the provincial site not showing any availability at the other sites?
I have to wait until Wednesday at 8AM when my wife and kids are eligible to register for the second shot. I’m hoping to send the kids off to sleep over camp fully vaccinated, but it will also depend on the availability of Pfizer since they are under 18.
By refreshing the page and toggling between time slots, I managed to score one on the provincial site eventually. Late Friday afternoon for an mRNA.
In Canada do you guys get a covid “shot” like in the US or a covid “jab” like in the UK?