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28 May

We know anxiety and uncertainty is high around second doses right now, especially given the number of other provinces who have updated their guidelines and expected gap between doses. Here’s a quick rundown of what we know. #abvax #COVID19AB

We’re expecting it to be harder to get an appointment once 2nd doses open, so tell *everyone* you know who’s been stalling for no real reason to get their first shot ASAP. In most of the province they can get an appointment today or over the weekend!

It’s also a good time to see if you have any friends or family whose appointments are still a few weeks away, especially in the Calgary area where it was harder to get appointments. (It’s not any more!) Help them find an earlier appointment and cancel that later one!

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VaxHunterAB

@ab_vax

26 May

Kenney said they wished they could have made 2nd doses more available and need to wait for 1st dose demand to decline.

Unbooked AHS appts in #YYC: 2987. Safeway/Walmart/Co-op unbooked appts in #YYC: 2078.

Thousands more at other pharmacies and around the province. #COVID19AB

Quebec, Manitoba, BC, Saskatchewan have all moved the second dose timeline up to give second doses earlier. We have the doses. We have the appointments. What are we waiting for? We're wasting weeks of time that could be used for better protection. #COVID19AB #abvax

(Note that those AHS appointment numbers are for the next two weeks only.)

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VaxHunterAB

@ab_vax

21 May

Welcome to Vaccine Barrier Busting, a collective community effort to help take down some of the barriers preventing our fellow Albertans from accessing vaccines. The first of however many it takes in a series! 1/9 #COVID19AB #abvax

Our first step: a bit of a mindset shift. It is so, so hard not to feel like well, if they really wanted a vaccine they could have gotten one by now, why should I have to wait for my second dose while others are dragging their feet in booking an appointment. 2/9

The thing is, vaccines aren’t just individual protection. They work best when enough of us can access them to form a *collective* protective barrier. Getting a stranger down the street vaccinated doesn’t just help protect them, it helps protect all of us. 3/9

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VaxHunterAB

@ab_vax

21 May

Vaccine round up for appointments available today through the weekend:

Walmart Camrose
Walmart Cold Lake
Walmart Edmonton Meadowlark
Walmart Edmonton Northgate
Walmart Edmonton W
Walmart Edmonton E
Walmart Edson
Walmart Fort McMurray
Walmart Hinton
Walmart Leduc
#abvax 1/4

Walmart Lethbridge N
Walmart Lethbridge S
Walmart Peace River
Walmart Pincher Creek
Walmart Red Deer N
Walmart Red Deer S
Safeway Brooks
Safeway Callingwood (Yeg)
Safeway Camrose
Safeway Division Ave (Med Hat)
Safeway Fairway Plaza (Lethbridge)
#abvax 2/4

Safeway Med Hat Mall
Safeway Port O Call (Red Deer)
Safeway Spruce Grove
Safeway West Lethbridge
Safeway Wetaskiwin
Walmart Sherwood Park
Walmart Sherwood Park N
Sobeys Gaetz South
Sobeys Lewis Estates (Yeg)
Sobeys Southbrook (Yeg)
Sobeys St. Albert
#abvax 3/4

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VaxHunterAB

@ab_vax

21 May

According to the poll we did a few days ago, 99% of our Twitter followers have either had their first dose or are scheduled for it. WE LOVE THIS. We’re so glad we could help make that happen. And now we need your help. 1/4 #abvax #COVID19AB

We hear a lot about vaccine hesitancy, but for a *lot* of people, it’s not vaccine hesitancy that’s keeping them from their first dose, it’s vaccine *barriers.* Some of those barriers are systemic, and we’ll be boosting opportunities to advocate to bring those down. 2/4

But many are individual barriers, and that’s where you come in. Over the coming days and weeks, we’re going to talk through what might be standing between your fellow Albertans and a vaccine, and we’re going to work together to bring as many of them down as we can.
3/4

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VaxHunterAB

@ab_vax

20 May

While we know that #yeg has incredible social agencies, today we learned some of the ways they have been working on getting vaccines for those that are more vulnerable, living in tenuous situations, provisionally accommodated, and anyone experiencing homelessness. #abvax

@BMHC_HealthCare

Boyle McCauley Health Centre (@BMHC_HealthCare) has been doing many vaccinations on a drop-in basis for Edmonton’s vulnerable populations, and other shelters are arranging transportation to BMHC for anyone wanting to get their vaccine. #abvax

@boylestreet

Boyle Street Community Services (@boylestreet) developed materials for participants and anyone accessing services to help address hesitancy and misinformation, and help individuals make their own decisions. #abvax

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