Friday, September 26, 2025

They're Heeeerrrrrreeee!

You might be able to book a Covid shot in Ontario right now with priority given for people who are high-risk, and on October 27th for the general public. That high-risk priority category is significantly looser than it is for who gets a second shot per year, maybe acknowledging how few come out for this shot in the first place. It includes anyone who is at high risk, but also anyone who has significant exposure to birds or mammals, anyone racialized or part of an "equity-denied" community, health-care workers, and more. 


It's still here and still causing damage. In the US, the current wastewater rates are about 2/3rds of last winter's peak. It's baffling that they want to wait for the general public until after our Thanksgiving!! In the past, uptake is so low that it's curious they still stagger the appointment openings for a month later. In the states, people have been getting shots for weeks. We're in the upward trend of very high infection rates coupled with very low immunity in the population since we're almost all a good six months from our last vaccination. That's a deadly combination. 

You might get a choice between Pfizer or Moderna (no Novavax in sight), but they appear to be pretty comparable this year. 

The most recent Ontario information says, 


which is interesting because quite recently it said 6 months instead of 3. It looks like they really want people to get this one. Just... not quite yet

In other Covid news, Violet Affleck (Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner's daughter) spoke at the United Nations on Covid and Clean Air:


Unfortunately, some in the media picked it up as a celebrity fluff piece, talking about how she looked in her mask and accusing her of having "health anxiety" despite that Covid has surpassed asthmas as the leading cause of chronic illness in children. The event was attended by experts from around the world, many of whom were wearing masks, not from anxiety, but from knowledge of the potential longterm outcomes from infection.

So it goes.

And here are some great Myths vs Facts from Durham County Department of Public Health:


No comments: