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Managed to get Andrew his first shot— he’s over 55, so two weeks ago I’d put him on the waiting list on the Shoppers’ Drug Mart website, but in the past couple of days I’d heard anecdotes from people who’d called Shoppers to ask why they hadn’t heard anything yet and been told that the web system doesn’t work, but that they could book over the phone.
So this morning I tried calling, they confirmed the web booking system is a mess, and two hours later we were at Bloor and Runnymede getting Andrew, at least, his shot (it’s Astra-Zeneca, so they only do 55+, but if that’s you and you’re still searching for the jab, phone instead of looking online). It’s intra-muscular, so his arm’s pretty sore. Guess we’ll see tomorrow if he has any of the other side-effects, but neither of us get bad reactions to ‘flu shots, so I’m hopeful this could be mild.
Still don’t know at what point I’ll qualify. I was previously checking the CAMH site for Andrew because apparently anyone with mental health issues can get vaccinated there, but it’s one of those things where one day of slots opens up at 8am each morning and by 8:05 they’re all taken and I’ve heard some claims you have to keep refreshing the site and others that doing so will drop you out of the queue.
So this morning I tried calling, they confirmed the web booking system is a mess, and two hours later we were at Bloor and Runnymede getting Andrew, at least, his shot (it’s Astra-Zeneca, so they only do 55+, but if that’s you and you’re still searching for the jab, phone instead of looking online). It’s intra-muscular, so his arm’s pretty sore. Guess we’ll see tomorrow if he has any of the other side-effects, but neither of us get bad reactions to ‘flu shots, so I’m hopeful this could be mild.
Still don’t know at what point I’ll qualify. I was previously checking the CAMH site for Andrew because apparently anyone with mental health issues can get vaccinated there, but it’s one of those things where one day of slots opens up at 8am each morning and by 8:05 they’re all taken and I’ve heard some claims you have to keep refreshing the site and others that doing so will drop you out of the queue.
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Date: 2021-04-14 07:51 pm (UTC)From: