12-29-2020, 12:47 PM
(12-29-2020, 10:09 AM)Genuine Realist Wrote: This morning, I get an email ad from Safeway:
COMING SOON - COVID VACCINE!!! Our specially trained pharmacists, etc.
So I will be able to go to Safeway and get vaccinated between the greengrocer and the bakery.
I think mass vaccinations will occur far sooner and in greater scale than anyone imagines at present.
Did you read the small print? The line that relayed that the vaccinations were the ones "from China and/or Russia?"
Seriously, hope you're correct. But I'm just looking for a reasonable vaccine rollout (expecting some hiccups) in the coming months. If we can get old folks (particularly those in LTCFs) and HCWs vaccinated in January, then I think that would go a loooong way to lowering the most alarming hospital numbers. [I'm not sure what is going on in SCC LTCFs, but the numbers lately have been atrocious - 440 new cases from December 1-18. I still think that is a big contributor to hospitalizations and capacity constraints.]. A pressure release on hospital capacity, including overworked staff, has to be a top priority.
We shall see . . .