1/ Ontario's Phase 2 #COVID19 vaccine rollout prioritizes:
1. Those at risk of having a severe outcome from infection (e.g. age, medical comorbidity).
2. Those at risk of getting infected (e.g. essential workers, shelters).
3. Communities disproportionately impacted.
1. Those at risk of having a severe outcome from infection (e.g. age, medical comorbidity).
2. Those at risk of getting infected (e.g. essential workers, shelters).
3. Communities disproportionately impacted.
2/ That is a lot of people in Phase 2. While vaccines are pouring into the country & the province, it is still not enough to flip a switch and prioritize everyone at once in this Phase.
Still, it has started and will gear up substantially given the recent large shipment.
Still, it has started and will gear up substantially given the recent large shipment.
3/ I am hesitant to put in the slide with the tentative dates of each part of Phase 2, as there is an important caveat at the bottom that often gets missed:
"All timelines subject to supply availability"
We now have more availability so this will be moving faster.
"All timelines subject to supply availability"
We now have more availability so this will be moving faster.
4/ It is wonderful to see a push to vaccinate essential workers. This clearly has to happen faster. But ALSO heavily impacted communities, shelters, etc.
The Phase 2 framework includes this & Public Health Units are starting to implement.
It will now move faster with supply.
The Phase 2 framework includes this & Public Health Units are starting to implement.
It will now move faster with supply.
5/ Also, vaccination was never going to be our way out of the 3rd wave.
But prioritizing essential workers, shelters, high-risk neighborhoods, etc will certainly help mitigate the severity of this wave.
We need strong public health policy to get us out of this wave.
But prioritizing essential workers, shelters, high-risk neighborhoods, etc will certainly help mitigate the severity of this wave.
We need strong public health policy to get us out of this wave.
6/ The freezers? Listen to the Gnome. No excuse to not pick up the pace of vaccination, but more to the story than just vaccines in freezers.
https://twitter.com/PHealthGnome/status/1379261967085531137?s=20
7/ Lastly, it's one thing to have a framework for vaccination & to get vaccines delivered. It's another thing to actually get them into arms.
MANY barriers to address (language, mobility, technology, etc). We need meaningful community engagement & focus on reducing barriers.
MANY barriers to address (language, mobility, technology, etc). We need meaningful community engagement & focus on reducing barriers.
PS: This thread was not planned to coincide with any provincial announcement. This was prompted because there were several questions about the rollout in the past few days and I felt it could help clarify.
The province will communicate as they see fit.
The province will communicate as they see fit.
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