I don't like to criticize anyone at public health, but they dropped the ball in the Fraser Health district. They decided to start pop-up vaccine clinics in the high risk areas. They were open to anyone 18 or older that lived in certain postal code locations that were deemed high risk. You could also know your electoral district but apparently not everyone knows that so they went to postal codes. People didn't listen and people who weren't eligible went anyway. Fraser Health gave them all the vaccine.
Yesterday they started lining up at 4 AM at the two locations in North Surrey. Families split up and went to the two different areas, texting and holding spots in line for other family members and friends. By 8 AM it became a police matter! Fraser Health didn't open the clinics to avoid trouble and told everyone to go home. One fellow said it was like The Hunger Games!
None of the grocery clerks and many other front line workers haven't been vaccinated in Surrey! They all work so they could never attend one of these clinics. The Province has a clinic reservation system. Why can't they use it for more clinics and give eligible people vaccines? Apparently all the Astra Zeneca vaccine has been given out. Why don't they give Pfizer, Moderna or Johnson & Johnson to the pharmacies that have done such a good job of taking reservations and vaccinating eligible people with Astra Zeneca.
If that news wasn't bad enough, I watched the 5PM Global TV news. The news anchor, Sophie Lui, was trying to read the news. A 46 year old Tsawwassen father of two passed away at home with COVID. She couldn't contain herself and it was heart wrenching.
Let's hope things improve soon!
