Canada - Coronavirus COVID-19 #2

[JDG]

Health Canada EXTENDS Shelf Life of 45,000 doses of AZ vaccine by a month.

The AZ shots were to expire on Monday.

Breaking News CP24

 

[deugirtni]

Health Canada EXTENDS Shelf Life of 45,000 doses of AZ vaccine by a month.

The AZ shots were to expire on Monday.

Breaking News CP24

Here is the link (below).

But is that kinda like when the grocery store might repackage the meat and put a new expiry date on it since it looks and smells okay? (j/k) But seriously.. first these guinea pigs take this shot before it's known about the deadly bloodclot risk, then they have to choose between getting the second dose earlier than the recommended date thereby losing some 11% of efficacy in so doing, or else wait the mandated 16 week interval and get a different brand for their second dose, the risks of which are not even known yet.. and now, a third choice.. perhaps get dose#2 at the recommended 12 weeks, but just a little past its expiry date, shouldn't hurt, right? This is almost becoming comical.

Health Canada extends shelf life of AstraZeneca doses set to expire Monday by a month

 

[JDG]

Well, I read the website of the hospital where I got my shot and given that its one of TOs' major trauma units I was surprised to read that......

rebooking appointments is a manual system and therefore will take some time!!!!!!!!

Asking people who qualify as of Monday, for their second shot, to be patient while a pen and paper + calendar is used to rebook their appointments. Whaaattttt??

They have 2-3000 appointments and its being done like we're in 1960.

This whole thing is a blinking disgrace.

Our 'booster' shots are supposed to start in September. How will that go???

 

[LadyL]

Death bed denials, pandemic 'hoax' accusations common in southern Manitoba hospital patients, doctor says

 

[LadyL]

Ontario Just Extended Its Bans On Outdoor Camping & Interprovincial Travel

 

[musicaljoke]

Death bed denials, pandemic 'hoax' accusations common in southern Manitoba hospital patients, doctor says

From the link:
Staff at Boundary Trails Health Centre are routinely hearing from sick and unvaccinated patients who believe the pandemic is a hoax — some remaining defiant even on the brink of death.

"We hear this almost every day, and I know that's startling," said Dr. Ganesan Abbu. "It's difficult ... to know that almost 100 per cent of our admissions have not been vaccinated."

 

[otto]

From the link:
Staff at Boundary Trails Health Centre are routinely hearing from sick and unvaccinated patients who believe the pandemic is a hoax — some remaining defiant even on the brink of death.

"We hear this almost every day, and I know that's startling," said Dr. Ganesan Abbu. "It's difficult ... to know that almost 100 per cent of our admissions have not been vaccinated."

Shocking. However, the article mentions Winkler, which was mentioned a few months ago as a place that is in full denial about the pandemic. They think the government is out to get them, that the vaccine is a conspiracy and they are in fact being injected with government tracking devices. Someone sure put some funny ideas in their heads!

 

[musicaljoke]

Well, I read the website of the hospital where I got my shot and given that its one of TOs' major trauma units I was surprised to read that......

rebooking appointments is a manual system and therefore will take some time!!!!!!!!

Asking people who qualify as of Monday, for their second shot, to be patient while a pen and paper + calendar is used to rebook their appointments. Whaaattttt??

They have 2-3000 appointments and its being done like we're in 1960.

This whole thing is a blinking disgrace.

Our 'booster' shots are supposed to start in September. How will that go???

I think that we really have to be patient with our entire health care system and the health care workers at this time. Having Covid drop into their lap on top of their regular work has been really difficult. Health care workers were forced to quickly refocus and take on an enormous task with no extra time and energy to meet the needs of a system that was already working full steam. They are tired and discouraged, especially when they see people criticizing the Covid containment recommendations, not getting vaccinated, and selfishly creating even more work for them.

My rebooking came by email, so for those who gave their email addresses at the time of their first vaccination, there is a digital rebooking in place. But there still are thousands who did not provide an email address and will need to be contacted individually. It's a ton of work. I give those workers my greatest respect and support as they try to get the job done with the tools they have available. All the while you know that their regular work is not getting done and they will be criticized for that too.

 

[LadyL]

I think that we really have to be patient with our entire health care system and the health care workers at this time. Having Covid drop into their lap on top of their regular work has been really difficult. Health care workers were forced to quickly refocus and take on an enormous task with no extra time and energy to meet the needs of a system that was already working full steam. They are tired and discouraged, especially when they see people criticizing the Covid containment recommendations, not getting vaccinated, and selfishly creating even more work for them.

My rebooking came by email, so for those who gave their email addresses at the time of their first vaccination, there is a digital rebooking in place. But there still are thousands who did not provide an email address and will need to be contacted individually. It's a ton of work. I give those workers my greatest respect and support as they try to get the job done with the tools they have available. All the while you know that their regular work is not getting done and they will be criticized for that too.

we were booked for our second vaccination at the time of our first shot
I'm surprised to learn that that's not the case with everyone

 

[dotr]

Rare COVID-19 blood clots tied to cold viruses, German scientists say
''German researchers said that based on laboratory research, they believed they have found the cause of the rare but serious blood clotting events among some people who received COVID-19 vaccines made by AstraZeneca Plc and Johnson & Johnson.

The researchers, in a study not yet reviewed by experts, said Wednesday that COVID-19 vaccines that employ adenovirus vectors – cold viruses used to deliver vaccine material – send some of their payload into the nucleus of cells, where some of the instructions for making coronavirus proteins can be misread. The resulting proteins could potentially trigger blood clot disorders in a small number of recipients, they suggest.''

''The paper suggests that vaccine makers using adenovirus vectors could modify the sequence of the spike protein “to avoid unintended splice reactions and to increase the safety of these pharmaceutical products.”

 

[musicaljoke]

we were booked for our second vaccination at the time of our first shot
I'm surprised to learn that that's not the case with everyone

Yes 2nd appointments were made at that time, but we will be moving them all ahead.
That would be about 20 million reschedulings. Yikes.

 

[JDG]

Yes 2nd appointments were made at that time, but we will be moving them all ahead.
That would be about 20 million reschedulings. Yikes.

All done with paper and pen + calendar. ROFLOL

According to the news, many seniors have decided to just wait for their 'given' dates as its too much for them to re-schedule esp if they dont have computers, are not tech savvy or no longer have a family member/care giver to do it for them.

That's a bit chancy give the variants of concern. If any group needs their second shots asap, its the elderly elderly and people over 65.

ETA: this news item was from CP24, a geriatrician from Sinai Health.

This whole Gong Show has been severely lacking all round. At least we should be prepared for the next pandemic, every cloud has a silver lining...

 

[JDG]

"Vaccine Hunger Games 2.0" for seniors says Dr. Nathan Stall.

Cruel to seniors; just because you qualify does not mean you'll get a shot.

The government did not put aside the second vaccines even though they knew they'd need second appointments.

CBC, CTV & other news outlets

 

[musicaljoke]

All done with paper and pen + calendar. ROFLOL

According to the news, many seniors have decided to just wait for their 'given' dates as its too much for them to re-schedule esp if they dont have computers, are not tech savvy or no longer have a family member/care giver to do it for them.

That's a bit chancy give the variants of concern. If any group needs their second shots asap, its the elderly elderly and people over 65.

ETA: this news item was from CP24, a geriatrician from Sinai Health.

This whole Gong Show has been severely lacking all round. At least we should be prepared for the next pandemic, every cloud has a silver lining...

No, it's certainly not done with paper and pen and a calendar. The vast majority of appointments were made digitally at the time that the first appointment was made. For example, if your appointment was on March 20, then your second one may have been on July 15. That second clinic date would be set up using the same vaccine as the first, so if it was a Pfizer clinic in March, it would be a Pfizer clinic in July.

When the second date is moved forward, the entire roster of patients moves with it, and the patients are notified by email. It's all done digitally. As I said earlier, the only people who have to be called by phone, are those who left no other contact information.

I've been directly involved with thousands of vaccinations and there has not been a single instance of an appointment made by paper, pen and a calendar. I'm not even sure how that would work.

 

[otto]

No, it's certainly not done with paper and pen and a calendar. The vast majority of appointments were made digitally at the time that the first appointment was made. For example, if your appointment was on March 20, then your second one may have been on July 15. That second clinic date would be set up using the same vaccine as the first, so if it was a Pfizer clinic in March, it would be a Pfizer clinic in July.

When the second date is moved forward, the entire roster of patients moves with it, and the patients are notified by email. It's all done digitally. As I said earlier, the only people who have to be called by phone, are those who left no other contact information.

I've been directly involved with thousands of vaccinations and there has not been a single instance of an appointment made by paper, pen and a calendar. I'm not even sure how that would work.

That makes more sense. I registered for the vaccine online with the provincial govt., and was notified as soon as I was eligible. I scheduled the appointment online, and received a follow-up email survey. I was told that the second shot will be in August and that I will hear more closer to that date.

 

[JDG]

Another day, another batch of guinea pigs to test.

550 fully vaccinated Health Care Workers are offered tickets to the Leafs game tonight.

It's free, you get a jersey and all you have to do is not get sick.

Seems hospitals/long term care places are having a lottery for X amount of tickets.

They couldn't pay me to go, never mind free.

We do need the data though, so sign up right away.

The French did a similar thing on Saturday, held a concert for 5,000 people.

They were masked, tested twice before the concert and once after......we'll know in a couple of weeks how that worked out.

Good luck hockey fans, hope it all works out for ya!

 

[JDG]

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[musicaljoke]

Here's some good news ... As of Monday morning, 69.5 per cent of adult Torontonians had at least one injection, up from 65 per cent days earlier.

Toronto’s most heavily vaccinated demographic is aged 70 to 74, at 78.9 per cent with at least one dose. Slightly younger and slightly older people are also flirting with the 80-per-cent mark, as are those aged 20 to 24.

Some Toronto age groups approach 80 per cent vaccination rate as vaccine supplies set to jump.

 

[musicaljoke]

Staff at long-term-care homes across Ontario will have to either prove they’ve had a COVID vaccine, or attend an educational session about the risks of opting out, if they don’t have a medically documented reason for declining the shot, the province announced Monday.

It will also be mandatory for homes to have an immunization policy, and track and report on its implementation, including staff vaccination rates. The policies must be in place by July 1.

While 97 per cent of long-term-care residents are fully immunized, only 66 per cent of staff have gotten both doses, according to the province’s most recent numbers. Eighty-nine per cent have gotten a first shot. This probably amounts to around 10,000 unvaccinated people, said Stall.

Staff at Ontario long-term-care homes will need to get the COVID vaccine, or get educated about it, barring a medical exemption

 

[Sundog]

DBM

Sorry, getting a strange message with my post of a MacLean's article on the vaccine distribution in Canada. Will try to post it again.