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Hanna Faghfoury

8 Oct, 16 tweets, 5 min read

Out of curiosity I attempted to book a COVID-19 test in Toronto today using the screening tool and followed ALL the links to the assessment centre sites at 7 pm. Shall we see what happened? Get your popcorn and Kleenex ready. covid19toronto.ca

Women's college. Alarm set for tomorrow at 5:45 am. If I'm not successful, at least I will see the sunrise.

University Health Network. Thoughts and prayers until I log on at 7:59 tomorrow, I guess?

Mount Sinai. For pandemic standards I am grateful at last that these symbols are uncharacteristically clear in terms of messaging.

Michael Garron. First availability is on Saturday at 9:25 am. Not bad! Feeling hopeful.

St. Joseph's Health Centre. Nothing tomorrow or Friday. When will the magic Saturday slots be released?

Trillium Health- Mississauga and Credit Valley sites. I DO like the BOLD writing when I am rejected.

Sunnybrook. The yellow pop up is a nice and clear touch. Wait, what does "later" mean?!

Oh dang Southlake page is fully BROKEN, y'all.

Dang! Scarborough's is broken too! How do I get a test?!

Mackenzie Health has a broken page too. What's happening?

Markham Stouffville. PHONE line opens at 8 am. I mean, i'll be up at 6 am anyway for the other booking so it's nice to have a backup plan, i guess. Will charge up my bluetooth headset tonight.

Humber River. Next appointment in 3 days. Will stock up on some Tylenol until then.

North York General. At least the red writing is clear and it tells me there is no chance I will be seen before Oct 11: IN FIVE DAYS. Cool. At least there is a clear and painless path to disappointment.

St. Mikes! Praise be! Something for Friday! Someone send this hospital a donation STAT.

This system is very broken. Can you imagine if I were actually sick/had a disability/didn't speak english/couldn't spend hours of my day to book a COVID-19 test? Our leadership has massively failed us and I'm worried about what this means for our city. ctv.news/M4lnUCf

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