Bayer
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The Minister of Health said today she will have an announcement later this week about extending the boosters to more age groups.
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Novel Coronavirus COVID-19 (nCoV-2019)
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tripwire
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It feels like booster shots are happening really slowly. It seems like it's been 70+ for some time now. I'm looking forward to the booster shot, but not the scheduling part if it's going to be like the first two shots.
contact a pharmacy, it seems to be much more efficient than going through the provincial or local health unit systems
W. K. Lis
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Contact your doctor. They may give you a booster, if you are "vulnerable" for whatever is your problem. A pharmacy is not your "medical professional", unless it to get your "medicine" renewed.
lenaitch
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The way our health unit is explaining it, they didn't want their vaccination capacity booked up with boosters when they were anticipating the 'under 18' approval, which has now happened. I can't get into the system to book until the 6-month anniversary of my last shot. There's only so much jab capacity and they'd rather get one shot in the kids as fast as possible.
I hope you have better luck than us. We booked flu shots through our 'very large corporate chain' pharmacy website, only to find out that their communication with local stores is somewhat lacking. I just happened to overhear the pharmacist tell a customer that they are fully booked and knew virtually nothing about the corporate website.
I would go through my doctor but I de-rostered from him a few months ago. Risky move but it had to be done. Can't get on the list of one accepting new patients until January.
W. K. Lis
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gabe
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It's pretty damn slow. My friends in the states, who are well under 40, already have their booster shots. They got it about a month ago. But they also got the vaccine months before we did.
W. K. Lis
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Guess if Canada kept their vaccine manufacturers instead of the Conservatives selling them off, Canada might make its own vaccines to distribute here. Instead, Canada has to wait in line.
tiffer24
Senior Member
Alberta is not worried.
zang
Senior Member
“He says he's concerned many people won't follow the rules if they aren't relaxed.”
What-the-ever-loving-f——?!
Lots of doctors aren't giving out the booster shots. I was referring to pharmacies for those who know they are eligible, like me who had two AZ shots.
Bayer
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The thing about booster shots in Canada is that we cannot rely on data from other countries such as Israel, where the delay initially recommended by vaccine manufacturers between doses was respected, and where vaccines were not mixed. I have a 65-year-old friend who got an AZ followed by a Moderna 12 weeks later, at the end of June. How protective is this combination, and for how long, for someone his age? Who knows! And even if eligibility to boosters is extended to his age category later this week, he will still have to wait until the end of December if the six-month delay after the second dose is maintained.
Bayer
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A turnip would do a better job than this logic-impaired premier.
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For my 2nd shot I was on a waiting list at Rexall for ages and decided to try the provincial booking site - got an appointment in 2 days - at a City Clinic. Very fast on 'shot-day' too (MTCC) so I also got my flu shot there, equally easily. I think that in an ideal world there would be ONE booking system but I realise this was all thrown together quite fast and it does work - though in 'streams' (pharmacies, hospitals, public health units etc etc)
W. K. Lis
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Got my booster of Pfizer from my doctor, at the same time I got my high dose flu shot. (Different arms.)