Novel Coronavirus COVID-19 (nCoV-2019)

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Just had my first shot this morning - heartening to see a well-organized and attended clinic running like a smoothly oiled machine. No vaccine hesitancy in sight - just the grateful public doing what's needed.

AoD

 

[lenaitch]

I saw this in another forum linked to the actual source study:

Just 12 anti-vaxxers are responsible for spreading most of anti-vaccine content on social media: study

The 'Disinformation Dozen' includes members as such Robert F. Kennedy, Erin Elizabeth, Joseph Mercola, and Ty and Charlene Bollinger

nationalpost.com

 

[Admiral Beez]

With the US and now the UK essentially fully opened up and in the US case dropping mask mandates, the pressures on Trudeau to get us to them same point ASAP.

 

[Northern Light]

Another GTA plant is being expanded to be able to produce vaccines, up to 640M does of MRNA vaccines per annum, when complete in 2024.

200M in Federal dollars to help make it happen.

Ottawa is putting up almost $200 million to help a Mississauga company mass produce vaccines

The money covers about half of the cost of Resilience Biotechnologies’ expansion project that should give the company the capacity to crank out up to 640 million doses of mRNA vaccines every year.

www.thestar.com

 

[Richard White]

With the US and now the UK essentially fully opened up and in the US case dropping mask mandates, the pressures on Trudeau to get us to them same point ASAP.

Yes but the US and UK are much farther along the vaccine rollout.

Unless we somehow get 30 million doses overnight I don't see how we can drop the mask mandates faster.

 

[marcus_a_j]

Yes but the US and UK are much farther along the vaccine rollout.

Unless we somehow get 30 million doses overnight I don't see how we can drop the mask mandates faster.

In terms of percentage of people who have had their first dose, US is at 48% while Canada is at 45%. We will most likely pass the US in first doses per capita very soon. UK is over 55%.
Source

The US is well ahead of Canada for fully vaccinated at 38% vs 4%, while UK is at 30%. Many people in the US got the J&J meaning just one shot needed.

I wouldn’t follow the US’ lead on mask mandates though.

 

[marcus_a_j]

Just booked vaccine appointments for my wife and I now that we are eligible. I can understand other people's frustration with booking an appointment. A consolidated website to book appointments would be very useful. I waited "in line" for 35 minutes on the provincial system, entered my postal code, and found the earliest appointment was June 3rd. Before selecting a time, I visited the City's booking website with all their various health partners to see what they were offering. Nothing available through East Toronto Health Partners, which is closest to where we live, but an abundance available through the Scarborough Health Network. I was able to book appointments for this evening from hundreds of available slots at Centennial College (where my father volunteers). It's like finding a job - not what you know, but who you know (or who knows you).

 

[Richard White]

I waited "in line" for 35 minutes on the provincial system

Only 35 minutes? I waited 3 hours.

 

[marcus_a_j]

Only 35 minutes? I waited 3 hours.

I was something like the 45,000th in queue at 8:01 am when I logged on. But then I waited 0 seconds on the SHN portal.

 

[Richard White]

I was something like the 45,000th in queue at 8:01 am when I logged on. But then I waited 0 seconds on the SHN portal.

I was something like 200K in the queue. I am getting shot next week on May 30th.

 

[DSC]

I was something like 200K in the queue. I am getting shot next week on May 30th.

Be brave!

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Another GTA plant is being expanded to be able to produce vaccines, up to 640M does of MRNA vaccines per annum, when complete in 2024.

200M in Federal dollars to help make it happen.

Ottawa is putting up almost $200 million to help a Mississauga company mass produce vaccines

The money covers about half of the cost of Resilience Biotechnologies’ expansion project that should give the company the capacity to crank out up to 640 million doses of mRNA vaccines every year.

www.thestar.com

That's just one piece - the rest of the supply chain (reagents, etc) still need to be considered.

AoD

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Just booked vaccine appointments for my wife and I now that we are eligible. I can understand other people's frustration with booking an appointment. A consolidated website to book appointments would be very useful. I waited "in line" for 35 minutes on the provincial system, entered my postal code, and found the earliest appointment was June 3rd. Before selecting a time, I visited the City's booking website with all their various health partners to see what they were offering. Nothing available through East Toronto Health Partners, which is closest to where we live, but an abundance available through the Scarborough Health Network. I was able to book appointments for this evening from hundreds of available slots at Centennial College (where my father volunteers). It's like finding a job - not what you know, but who you know (or who knows you).

Is it any wonder that people who are most vulnerable are falling through the cracks? It is literally designed to work against those at the highest risk of exposure to COVID.

AoD

 

[DSC]

Waaaay down today - though fewer tests completed too.

Ontario is reporting 1,616 cases of #COVID19 and over 22,900 tests completed.

 

[PinkLucy]

Positivity rate still isn't great and testing numbers are low, but I still hear of people waiting a couple of days before they can get tested.