Vaccinations There was some confusion in the pharmacies about whether eligibility was based on age or year-of-birth. For example, if you turn 40 in November 2021, are you eligible? It’s year-of-birth, so yes. Apparently there have been 39 cases of the B.1.617 (Indian) variant in BC as of April 4. Not much is known about… Continue reading 2021-04-21 BC
Category: Vaccine Clinics
2021-04-19 BC
Measures WorkSafeBC continues to not mess around, shutting five more businesses in Fraser Health. Press Briefing There was a LOT that was covered in the briefing today. See the slides. tl;dr: AZ in the pharmacies is opened up to everybody over 40; Measures stay in place for another 5 weeks, at which point things should… Continue reading 2021-04-19 BC
2021-04-18 BC
Superspreader Events People have been talking about a big party on the beach Friday evening. I saw people talking about it, and sort of rolled my eyes because all the knowledgeable people I follow say that beach-shaming is the last thing we should do: being outside, in the sun, where there is usually a breeze,… Continue reading 2021-04-18 BC
2021-04-11 BC
Vaccination Clinics The province is going to do an all-of-community vaccination of Whistler over the next two weeks, like they did with Prince Rupert a few weeks ago, to try to contain the outbreak there. One might ask why they didn’t do this before the outbreak got out of control, and I think the answer… Continue reading 2021-04-11 BC
2021-04-09/10 BC
Sorry no post yesterday, I was knocked flat by my first dose of AstraZeneca. Mass Vax Clinics The province that people over 60 are now eligible to register on the online site. A friend of mine who is 66 promptly got an appointment for the 15th. Prisons Dr. Henry has repeatedly talked about prisons as… Continue reading 2021-04-09/10 BC
2021-04-08 BC
Vaccine clinics I have now seen three different clinics in action: Creekside Community Centre when I escorted a friend of mine, Costco yesterday when I escorted my husband, and today at the independent Davie Pharmacy for when I got mine. (Yay!) The three clinics spent radically different amounts of time with each patient: At the… Continue reading 2021-04-08 BC
2021-04-06 BC
Supply Did you wonder why the US loaned Canada 1.5M doses of AZ instead of selling it to us? It turns out that the US government is not allowed to resell any vaccines which the former administration contracted for. The US government assumes liability for problems with the vaccine in the US (as a result… Continue reading 2021-04-06 BC
2021-04-04/5 BC
Supply I want to point out that it’s now been almost a month since Novavax finished its Phase 3 trials in the UK, and it’s been taking about a month between Ph3 and approval. Novavax looks like a fine vax, is fridge-stable, we’ve ordered 76M doses, and no other country has approved it. They have… Continue reading 2021-04-04/5 BC
2021-04-2/3 BC
It’s been kind of slow, with Good Friday yesterday and a Saturday today. Hockey Fourteen Canucks players and three coaches have tested positive for COVID, and the reports are that the P.1 variant is in at least some of the players. Games will be postponed until at least April 8, but daaaayam, 14 players out… Continue reading 2021-04-2/3 BC
2021-04-01 BC
Vaccine Clinics My sources tell me that the clinic at the Vancouver Convention Centre has about 20 vaccinators, with about 6 greeters and 6 check-in people. The Province announced that workers must be given time off to take the vaccine. Supply An article about supply says: 300 kilodoses of the vax which Canada withdrew from… Continue reading 2021-04-01 BC