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I walked to the grocery store today...nice, but SLIPPERY. I leave in fear and dread of falling. So, I did the tiptoe, duck walk, walk on the road...whatever it took.
 
Nancy, when you're planning your winter walking style around ice, think like a penguin. Feet a bit out, body really centred on its core, feels a little bit forward. Also, ski poles, walking sticks, cane.

COVID regulations have devolved into a political cluster-f**k, and I'm sick of it. DoFo thinks he'll win the election on "no plate fees - $10 a month to buy my vote?" and "dumps all COVID protection mandates" (well, I do hope, Doug, that there's a single nurse left standing at the end of your mis-handling of this situation). And yeah, in Ontario, pretty well the only people eligible for a "full" booster shot were those who take immuno-suppressants (even topical).
 
BetteTheRed said:
Nancy, when you're planning your winter walking style around ice, think like a penguin. Feet a bit out, body really centred on its core, feels a little bit forward. Also, ski poles, walking sticks, cane.

COVID regulations have devolved into a political cluster-f**k, and I'm sick of it. DoFo thinks he'll win the election on "no plate fees - $10 a month to buy my vote?" and "dumps all COVID protection mandates" (well, I do hope, Doug, that there's a single nurse left standing at the end of your mis-handling of this situation). And yeah, in Ontario, pretty well the only people eligible for a "full" booster shot were those who take immuno-suppressants (even topical).
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Meanwhile Kenny is proposing cuts to pharmacists, respiratory therapists, SLPs, etc. shortly before his leadership review. You know all those professions with a lot of added pressures with COVID. He's doing an excellent job of pissing off many.
 
BetteTheRed said:
And yeah, in Ontario, pretty well the only people eligible for a "full" booster shot were those who take immuno-suppressants (even topical).
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"Eligible"??? What, is Ontario communistan or something? "By each according to their needs?"
Can't people just get a booster?
Wow, that seems so screwed up?
 
No, no, it's a medical recommendation. People who have had two vaccines, should, evidentially, have a booster shot which is a "half dose" (which experimentally provides better protection against infection). If you are on an immuno-suppressant drug (orally, or topically, apparently, in my health unit), you should get a full-dose booster. It's the very best of infection control. I am super proud of our Health Unit.

BUT, it really didn't fine tune into rare diseases, either. Caught me (not rare disease) but would not catch Chemgal.
 
Delightful Life said:
"Eligible"??? What, is Ontario communistan or something? "By each according to their needs?"
Can't people just get a booster?
Wow, that seems so screwed up?
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I think all provinces have separate criteria. In AB that criteria is very similar to BC's criteria for at home COVID treatments.
AB actually seems to have easier criteria to get the full dose booster/3 doses for primary series of vaccine, whereas BC has a wider range of criteria to get treatment for COVID when not needing hospital treatment. I'm not sure of all the other various criteria in the other provinces. BC and AB at least make there's relatively easy to find online.
 
BetteTheRed said:
No, no, it's a medical recommendation. People who have had two vaccines, should, evidentially, have a booster shot which is a "half dose" (which experimentally provides better protection against infection). If you are on an immuno-suppressant drug (orally, or topically, apparently, in my health unit), you should get a full-dose booster. It's the very best of infection control. I am super proud of our Health Unit.

BUT, it really didn't fine tune into rare diseases, either. Caught me (not rare disease) but would not catch Chemgal.
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Oh oh thank you
So someone in ON can still get a booster when they want to?
That is good :3



ChemGal said:
I think all provinces have separate criteria. In AB that criteria is very similar to BC's criteria for at home COVID treatments.
AB actually seems to have easier criteria to get the full dose booster/3 doses for primary series of vaccine, whereas BC has a wider range of criteria to get treatment for COVID when not needing hospital treatment. I'm not sure of all the other various criteria in the other provinces. BC and AB at least make there's relatively easy to find online.
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Thank you :3
 
@BetteTheRed ON seems to have updated things. Funnily enough, this document doesn't mention the COVID treatments, but it's the link for who is considered immunosuppressed on the website.

Seems like topical steroids doesn't make the cut anymore but hey, if you can get the higher dose in your position I would just go with that too! The mess of ever changing criteria.

AB does seem to be alone in having limited criteria for treatment vs. the extra vaccination out of these 3 I have looked at. Here they expanded it for partially vaccinated instead of those who did what they could vaccine wise but are stuck with the health issues they have. SMH.
 
BetteTheRed said:
Not topical steroids, but topical immune suppressants.
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Sorry, yes, I tend to just lump them together when topical. Protopic isn't listed as an example with the brands. I wasn't reading through all of it though, was just trying to figure out what's going on for Paxlovid/Sotrovimab eligibility there in case I need to keep pushing here. I know of people who would be worse off immunocompromised than me who had covid and couldn't access it, it's gross.
 
I do have to laugh a bit about the call today. The email response I got that I wasn't happy about did include a phone number in the signature line. First time I called I got a text back, Who is this? haha I guess they aren't used to getting calls from the public. I did respond to the text, watched covid update, called after and for once someone picked up which was incredibly refreshing. I'm used to just going through a series of robots, some of which don't even allow a message to be left.
 
ChemGal said:
Just to add in an extra layer of confusion.
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Not that I meant you. I'm just surprised there couldn't be decent decisions made nation-wide regarding things like priority. With different populations timeframes may still vary but there really should be better data regarding things like risk factors.
 
Good morning! As the sun begins to rise on a new day, let us gather round the coffee cart for support and conversation and hot beverages. All is ready, help yourself.

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