Turbo
Well-Known Member
Latest reports are saying that the vaccine may not be widely available to the general public until late summer of 2021 or later now. The first have of the year will be restricted access to those deemed to be at a higher risk.
Wow, that's late. We're talking about having the population vaccinated by September.
We're ready to start next Monday if Health Canada approves. Quebec is starting with only 2000 doses (of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine), but that should cover a good chunk of people working in COVID units and start hitting people working in assisted care facilities. Vaccine doses should keep rolling in from then too. We already have the capacity to vaccinate 250,000 people a week for flu. This will be less than that because of the required freezers, but our population is 8 million, so it could be quick if the doses keep coming in from the different manufacturers.