06-22-2021, 04:50 PM
(06-22-2021, 12:30 PM)taylortbb Wrote:(06-22-2021, 12:15 PM)jeffster Wrote: PHU in this region needs to figure a better way of getting vaccines in arms.
Now that we finally have supply from the province, they're opening the mass vaccination clinics for drop-ins starting tomorrow.
https://www.regionofwaterloo.ca/Modules/...b38b43eed5&newsId=a75ce3d3-f0f0-444e-88e1-4a408f9fd297
I heard that on the radio (about 10x) -- two in Waterloo (Boardwalk and Regina St) and 1 in Kitchener (Pharmacy School). Since much of the uptick is in certain postal codes in Kitchener, I question why they have 2 clinics in the smallest city in the region, 1 clinic in Kitchener and 0 in the second largest city. Doesn't make any sense. The people they need to puncture skin with won't be going there. When our PHU does things like this, I question its leadership.
You could have had clinics at Centreville-Chicopee, Kingsdale and Stanley Park community centres instead, and run them for a few weeks. SPCC is huge, and Kingsdale itself is fairly large. They need to start thinking how they can set up clinics in areas of need, rather than out in Waterloo somewhere -- why Regina St??? Sorry, and I know a lot of you will disagree with me here, and that is fine, but I won't make any apologies for the region, nor with what I am about to say. This is a shit show. Guys, we need to start demanding answers for why we're one of the worst regions in North America. But when I see where they are putting these 'walk-in clinics', I just shake my head. You're not going to get a single shot in arms from those postal codes that are doing badly.