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Our PHU uses the provincial booking system and the missus went on the day after the 4th dose announcement (Wed? Thur?) to at least book an appointment for late May for both of us. She was having no luck so called the health unit. They said they found out about it at the same time everybody else did so have not yet secured vaccination sites and had no idea what their vaccine supply will be.
That's what I thought... In the end I got my husband an appointment next week at a local Shoppers. We'll see, as the government states: "You can receive a fourth dose (booster) at a recommended interval of five months (140 days) after your third dose if you are 60 years old or older [...] This may be given as early as three months (84 days)." I am certain this won't be interpreted the same way everywhere!
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They aren't allowed to leave their apartments for literally any reason except they are dying right? I read even grocery stores are closed, and you can only order food for delivery. My understanding of the local Shanghai culture is that eating out for most or all meals is significantly more frequent and common than here, and that even upper middle class people tend to keep much more limited food supplies at home than an average Canadian to a point that for some even having the common elements of food for cooking, like having a box of salt and sugar on hand, a bag of flour (or whatever starch equivalent), eggs, and butter or cooking oil in sufficient quantity that it would last for many days of cooking meals is uncommon.China is like a disturbing dystopian horror movie. People locked in their homes with no food screaming from their balconies. People starving in Covid camps. Pets stranded at home beaten to death by CCP stormtroopers.
Video shows Covid worker beat dog after its owner tested positive | CNN
A pet dog was beaten to death by a health worker in Shanghai in an incident that sparked fury online, offering a glimpse into the growing frustrations of locked-down residents in China's Covid-19 hotspot. CNN's Kristie Lu Stout reports on this and other videos showing the effects of China's...
As I predicted, my 69-year old husband was denied a vaccine today because the staff thought it was too early (he got his third shot on Dec. 16). It seems impossible for this government to communicate clearly and it wastes everyone's time... No appointments showing on the provincial website; I called TPH and was connected to an operator who had me repeat information three times, couldn't find my husband's file and had such a heavy accent that it became a dialogue of the deaf (it would have been even more so had my husband called himself, since he has actually a profound hearing loss).
Worse are the fine print and can't find your reading glasses. Then we need a lawyer to interpret the meaning of the words and sentences used. And another interpreter to translate that into household grade 8 English and Math.
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China is like a disturbing dystopian horror movie. People locked in their homes with no food screaming from their balconies. People starving in Covid camps. Pets stranded at home beaten to death by CCP stormtroopers.
Video shows Covid worker beat dog after its owner tested positive | CNN
A pet dog was beaten to death by a health worker in Shanghai in an incident that sparked fury online, offering a glimpse into the growing frustrations of locked-down residents in China's Covid-19 hotspot. CNN's Kristie Lu Stout reports on this and other videos showing the effects of China's...
I've stayed away from this thread for a while, but having lived in China and knowing lots of people there I wanted to chime in.
Absolutely agree. It totally makes sense within the game of CCP politics. It doesn't make sense logically and from a public health perspective, but it does help Xi further solidify his iron grip and centralization as you note, and I do think stirring even more nationalist sentiment is also apart of the plan.
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