Poll for Canadians Edited... I got one dose of ... and I got the my second shot (two votes allowed)

[Hopeful8]

Feel the same as everyone else, with the mixed messages about AZ. So relieved my 2nd (Pfizer) is done.

 

[samsteele]

For everyone who has had their 2nd shot - congrats! - but don't forget to cancel any unneeded future appointments. Below find the hard to find manage/cancellation link for the Ontario book vaccine website:

https://vaccine.covaxonbooking.ca/manage
Don't think fact of actually getting the 2nd shot automatically cancels any future appointments.

Def need to call any pharmacies to cancel esp if time short before upcoming appointment.

 

[damo]

I think we need to remember that as more data comes out, different recommendations are made. If the new studies are showing greater efficacy with fewer risks, and good availability, then it makes sense to go with the best one. We'd be pretty upset if the scientists and doctors stuck with the data from outdated studies.

 

[TommyJK]

Got my second shot now Updated my poll selection

 

[quandrea]

For everyone who has had their 2nd shot - congrats! - but don't forget to cancel any unneeded future appointments. Below find the hard to find manage/cancellation link for the Ontario book vaccine website:

https://vaccine.covaxonbooking.ca/manage
Don't think fact of actually getting the 2nd shot automatically cancels any future appointments.

Def need to call any pharmacies to cancel esp if time short before upcoming appointment.

Thanks for this. Isn’t it sad that the Ontario government has created a booking portal so poorly that we need assistance from others to find important function links.

In another display of excellent ON IT, I called Young Drivers of Canada to rebook dd’s driving test today. The MTO booking portal was overwhelmed on Monday andcrashed for the whole week. I was told to try again next week. Our tax dollars at work….

 

[Going to WDW]

Nice to see the number of second doses increasing.

There were a few articles in the past few days about some US businesses not recognizing AZ shots when determining if a person is fully vaccinated (think a Broadway show, live audience tv shows (SNL and another late night one), and a couple of other businesses. Apparently they specify they must be an FDA approved vaccine (which AZ is not at this point) to be considered. Hopefully this won't be a trend. Based on the article this is a New York State thing.

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[hdrolfe]

Thanks for this. Isn’t it sad that the Ontario government has created a booking portal so poorly that we need assistance from others to find important function links.

In another display of excellent ON IT, I called Young Drivers of Canada to rebook dd’s driving test today. The MTO booking portal was overwhelmed on Monday andcrashed for the whole week. I was told to try again next week. Our tax dollars at work….

Hope you have better luck with the driving test than those around Ottawa, apparently our testing centre is booking into 2022... I'm sure a lot of people will go for the smaller places nearby.

 

[FigmentSpark]

Hope you have better luck with the driving test than those around Ottawa, apparently our testing centre is booking into 2022... I'm sure a lot of people will go for the smaller places nearby.

what? So maybe a person should book their appointment even if they can’t take the test yet? My DS is waiting to finish his road training with the driver training school, but DH has been driving with him for nearly a year and he’s ready.

 

[hdrolfe]

what? So maybe a person should book their appointment even if they can’t take the test yet? My DS is waiting to finish his road training with the driver training school, but DH has been driving with him for nearly a year and he’s ready.

https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/student-d...st-appointment-in-ottawa-until-2022-1.5473455 people are going as far as Sudbury

 

[FigmentSpark]

https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/student-d...st-appointment-in-ottawa-until-2022-1.5473455 people are going as far as Sudbury

Thanks for the heads up on the driving tests. Just booked DS for G2 test... Sudbury in November! People from Sudbury are going to be mad that everyone's going there for testing. I hope they open more slots to take care of the backlog. Also, what happens if the person fails? In the beforetimes, you'd just take it again that day, now, what, wait 6 months?

Edit: DH said the Golden Horseshoe testing sites were booked until 2023, that's crazy. They'll have to do something to clear the backlog.

 

[juniorbugman]

My nephew got his 2nd shot today - pfizzer. 3 more in my family to go for their second shots.

 

[spiffgirl101]

I just booked the second dose for me and DH - July 10. We both got Pfizer, but now we are in low supply of Pfizer, so our second dose will be Moderna. Here's hoping when DS(12) is eligible in a couple of weeks that he can get a Pfizer appointment, since that's all he can get

 

[Fellowship9798]

Second shot done. First was AZ and second this evening was Pfizer about 8 weeks after the first.

For those in BC at least, keep checking the booking site and you may be able to move up appointments as they are released or as people cancel or change. In 24 hours I went from July 8 to Tuesday next week, to Saturday this weekend to today an hour from when I last checked the website.

Happy to have it done and if I can fill a last minute spot today and help make sure no doses go to waste then all the better.

 

[ont/ohana]

My first was Pfizer, booking second on Monday of Pfizer, DH got AZ first and has Pfizer second next week.

 

[damo]

Second shot done. First was AZ and second this evening was Pfizer about 8 weeks after the first.

For those in BC at least, keep checking the booking site and you may be able to move up appointments as they are released or as people cancel or change. In 24 hours I went from July 8 to Tuesday next week, to Saturday this weekend to today an hour from when I last checked the website.

Happy to have it done and if I can fill a last minute spot today and help make sure no doses go to waste then all the better.

Anyone looking for an appointment should keeping checking their local websites at about 3 pm for those last minute shots. There seems to be quite a few of them available.

 

[Madame]

Dose #2 complete for DH & myself. AZ + Pfizer. 2.5 kids left (our boys don’t turn 12 until Aug and ON is ridiculously sticking with age over birth year ; DD should have dose 2 by the end of July to start gr 9 in Sept ).

 

[ottawamom]

DH and I both got Pfizer this morning as a second shot follow up to AZ. Now to get the adult boys done with their second shots (they will qualify on June 28th).

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

Look! Our little thread is almost at the 20% double dose! LOL Let's go! *sorry, couldn't help myself*

 

[hdrolfe]

Got my second dose, Pfizer this time. It hurt less, and so far no reaction, but I did stop at the store on my way home just in case I don't feel up to it tomorrow.

 

[juniorbugman]

My nephew had his 2nd Pfizer on Friday and yesterday he had chills and then was hot and his other arm hurt - not the one with the shot. Today he has a headache but will be going to work tonight. He took some Tylenol so I am sure he will be fine. If he had gone for his shot this week he would be getting Moderna instead of Pfizer since Toronto is saving Pfizer for first shots for 12-17 year olds. I am getting my 2nd Pfizer this week and am not sure what Durham is doing. We will see on Wednesday when I go.
Edited: Just saw a note from Durham that as of June 22 all 2nd doses for adults will be Moderna so I will be a mix and match person.