Thread by @shazmamithani

I'm calling on @AHS_media to clarify potential misinformation being circulated about the 16,000 vaccine doses available to HCWs this past weekend.

1. When did these slots become available? Talking to those who booked early last week, the 1st available appts were late Jan. /1

This first question is important to clarify, since there is much chatter about HCWs not wanting to fill these slots, leading to a plea by @AHS_media and @CMOH_Alberta on Thursday to fill them. My understanding is that the slots opened the SAME DAY the plea went out. /2

The public needs details on this so that false information about HCWs not wanting to be vaccinated can be stopped immediately.

2. How many HCWs were eligible for vaccinations this past weekend?

3. Were there any issues with notification of these eligible HCWs? /3

We have to remember that only those in Phase 1A are considered eligible. Vaccine bookings are not open to all HCWs right now (which is appropriate), but this also limits who can book those 16,000 slots. /4

Accusing HCWs of not filling open slots quickly enough spreads rhetoric that HCWs don't want the vaccine, fuelling the anti-vax narrative. It also suggests that HCWs don't understand the privilege of being vaccinated right now. It's simply not true and must be addressed. /5