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[–]OrzBlueFog[M] [score hidden] stickied commentlocked comment (0 children)

We're getting a deluge of anti-vaxx conspiracy theories and promotion of 'vaccine skepticism' lately. As noted in the sticky this is not a medical subreddit - please post all your queries or concerns about vaccines in general or COVID-19 vaccines in particular to an appropriate medical subreddit, perhaps where experts are available who are actually able to address them.

Also please don't use amp links in the future, this has been approved as an exception.

[–]datums 1656 points1657 points  (221 children)

249k doses doesn't sound like a lot, but by vaccinating in LTC homes and similar, we can significantly reduce pressure on hospitals, which is becoming a problem.

[–]knightfallzx2Manitoba 434 points435 points  (82 children)

And is that one dose for 249k people, or is really 124,500 people getting this, and in a month those people get the second dose?

As long as it goes to healthcare / front line workers and our elderly, I don't really mind either way. Let's take what we can get at this stage.

[–]dirkdigdig 28 points29 points  (8 children)

Yup, younger guy here, I’m willing to wait so we can sort out frontline workers and Elderly folks first.

[–]PlanetLandon 14 points15 points  (5 children)

Same. I’ve waited this long, I’m cool to let the people who need it first result in my waiting a bit longer

[–]Chucks_u_Farley 17 points18 points  (4 children)

Me as well, and that my friends is the fucking Canadian way to do things, good on you all!

[–]warriorlynx 152 points153 points  (72 children)

It’s likely going to health care workers first

[–]effedup 74 points75 points  (6 children)

In Ontario:

Groups receiving the early vaccine doses in the first few months of the Ontario immunization program will include:

  • Residents, staff, essential caregivers, and other employees of congregate living settings (e.g., long-term care homes and retirement homes) that provide care for seniors as they are at higher risk of infection and serious illness from COVID-19;

  • Health care workers, including hospital employees, other staff who work or study in hospitals, and other health care personnel;

  • Adults in Indigenous communities, including remote communities where risk of transmission is high;

  • and Adult recipients of chronic home health care.

https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/59508/ontario-identifies-key-groups-for-distribution-of-initial-covid-19-vaccines

[–]tethercatOntario 23 points24 points  (3 children)

I'm an immunocompromised adult who doesn't fit into any of those categories above, and I am very comfortable with those individuals getting the vaccine before I do.

I might be at risk, but they are more vulnerable and deserving of the first batch of doses.

I'll get the vaccine as soon as my doctor contacts me to come in for it.

[–]CaptainAaron96 3 points4 points  (0 children)

With how cold these vaccines need to be kept and how short their shelf life is, you'll be waiting a pretty long while if you're waiting for your physician's office to have the vaccines. Most vaccinations will be at central sites for the first little while due to the storage requirements.

[–]AliCracker 298 points299 points  (41 children)

LTC and front line, as it should be. I’m happy to wait

[–]cool_side_of_pillow 96 points97 points  (9 children)

I am happy to wait too. My friend’s dad (71) just passed away from covid - same age as my dad. So I am still worried for him ... but now we can see a light at the end of the tunnel. The beginning of the end.

[–][deleted] 38 points39 points  (7 children)

My dad is healthy and all but he is diabetic, asthmatic and has high blood pressure all at the same time. My mom works in an high school and my sister is a nurse so I cant fucking wait until he gets a vaccine

[–]SquatchCock 75 points76 points  (5 children)

Not trying to be a dick, but your dad doesn't sound very healthy.

[–]Chief_White_Halfoat 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Plenty of people have those issues but maintain their health. Keep an active lifestyle and don't appear as they are suffering from sickness.

But as underlying issues combined with covid could create more danger.

[–][deleted] 36 points37 points  (0 children)

By healthy I mean that he's probably more active than me. Do a lot of stuff etc and most of his condition are ubder control except maybe the diabetes but thats because its recent and he loves food too much lol. But yeah having all those conditions is bad but overall he's still doing great

[–]Fairwhetherfriend 11 points12 points  (4 children)

I hope retail and delivery workers are next. I'm getting all claustrophobic in my house working from home all the time, but at least I can work from home. I can keep this up for a while longer if it means other people aren't at so much risk of literally dying.

[–]rhinnyBritish Columbia 8 points9 points  (1 child)

Thank you. I work in grocery, customer facing since pandemic day 1. I haven't heard of us (or transit operators) being a priority at all - and I hope we're next after LTC, the elderly, teachers, and healthcare.

[–]Max_ThunderQuébec 11 points12 points  (1 child)

Quebec has already announced that LTC facilities were 1st; I imagine however that their staff will be done at around the same time even if technically they're 2nd in the order.

Those of us who are young and healthy and not near anyone particularly vulnerable don't need much protection and we can also handle most of it ourselves by distancing, washing our hands, etc. I don't mind being the last one to get the vaccine while we protect those who really need it. Even the essential workers should come well ahead of us. I expect that by the time I can get vaccinated, the pandemic will have mostly died down. Maybe it will be easier then to just get the 2021-22 edition in the fall, if there's such a thing.

[–]Qasem_SoleimaniOntario 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Same, that's the identical guidelines the CDC gave in the US. Health care workers and LTC residents get it first.

[–]i_donno 5 points6 points  (1 child)

That also will reduce pressure on the healthcare system

[–]cbf1232Saskatchewan 16 points17 points  (12 children)

Assuming that getting vaccinated makes you less likely to pass on the infection to others, it might actually be more beneficial to vaccinate the staff of LTC homes since they're the most likely way that the infection could get in.

[–]driusanQuébec 15 points16 points  (11 children)

The vaccine doesn't claim that it stops you from catching or passing on the virus, just that it stops you from developing a severe case. It's entirely possible that would just result in a herd of asymptomatic superspreaders.

[–][deleted] 1069 points1070 points  (109 children)

Cue the Roaring 20's. Parties are gonna be next level once we reach herd immunity.

[–]rathgrith 542 points543 points  (70 children)

Not looking forward to October 2029 :(

[–]BlazinPhoenix98 50 points51 points  (5 children)

Great Depression 2:Electric Boogaloo release date revealed wooooo

[–]KingScottKing1985 20 points21 points  (3 children)

And let's not forget about Word War 2 - 2... This time it's personal!

[–]aldur1 17 points18 points  (15 children)

Or 2024

In the Star Trek DS9 episode “Past Tense”, the crew travel back in time to 2024 on Earth to witness the Bell Riots.

They are escorted to a "Sanctuary District", a fenced-off ghetto that is used to contain the poor, the sick, the mentally disabled, and anyone else who cannot support themselves. Sisko sees the date on the calendar and realizes they have arrived just days before the "Bell Riots", a violent confrontation in the San Francisco Sanctuary District, that Sisko recalls as a watershed moment in human history. Dozens will be killed, including a man named Gabriel Bell, the leader of the demonstration.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Past_Tense_(Star_Trek:_Deep_Space_Nine)

[–]JamesTalonOntario 6 points7 points  (13 children)

That was a good episode of a great show

[–]trenthowell 9 points10 points  (12 children)

Great one to point to when people complain about "but they put politics in my Star Trek". That and Riker trying to get all up on the androgynous alien.

[–]doonspriggan 31 points32 points  (2 children)

I'd love for this to be true. Imagine if we had another post war like boom, like the summer of love in the sixties. With really upbeat optimistic music, media and such.

[–]eldochem 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hoping for this

[–]dweakz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Mask Off by Future suddenly becomes the most streamed song in this generation

[–]KnukQuébec 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I moved to a bigger city but never really went to events, after being stuck inside for a year I feel the need to experience it all now

[–]acetylcysteine 36 points37 points  (15 children)

Yeah I can only imagine the STI outbreak that will ensue

[–]DicedIce11 21 points22 points  (3 children)

Honestly if Subaru released an STI outback that’d be awesome

[–]rathgrith 4 points5 points  (1 child)

As a Subaru owner this is the first thing I thought too lol

BRB gonna go vape with my lesbians

[–]thegovernmentinc 10 points11 points  (7 children)

Yea, because one virus wasn’t enough. Safe sex, people, safe sex.

[–]Rinveden 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Cue

[–]yyc_123 619 points620 points  (156 children)

This is the beginning of the end. Stay strong. We're almost through it.

[–][deleted] 42 points43 points  (8 children)

I'm happy that I'll be able to travel again.

I'm super sad that I'll be returning to the office once this is all over. Work from home has been amazing for me.

[–]yyc_123 11 points12 points  (5 children)

I'm cautiously optimistic I'll be able to make my trip to Japan in May. The stars will need to align but I can hope.

My work has decided to make the work from home policy permanent so while I go into the office now I won't when I move in a few months.

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (4 children)

Goodluck! Japan was where I was planning on going this past fall. I'm hoping I can go 2021 late summer/early fall.

My work has whispers of making WFH permanent but I'm government so nobody really knows and if anything it'll take em another few years to implement it lol.

[–]fershnikle 24 points25 points  (6 children)

As someone who has had allergic reactions to vaccines before, where do I find a list of ingredients? Or more info on what they mean by a "serious allergic reaction" to vaccines? I want to figure out if I can even get this thing

[–]nl6374 395 points396 points  (94 children)

Wow, they did it before the FDA...I'm SO impressed. It looks like their rolling review process really did speed up things.

[–]Read_That_Somewhere 133 points134 points  (88 children)

Lol by 1 day - the FDA has a required 3 week review period, which will end at tomorrow’s meeting.

[–]jabrwock1Saskatchewan 192 points193 points  (11 children)

Trump is going to lose his shit. Both the UK and Canada approve Pfizer before him? DEEP STATE /s

[–]Apophyx 34 points35 points  (1 child)

I for one have my popcorn ready

[–]BlinkReanimated 25 points26 points  (2 children)

I don't think he's paying attention. He'll just claim it was approved under his presidency therefore a win for him. Nevermind the 280k+ Americans who have died from the virus as of today.

[–]KingInTheFarNorthBritish Columbia 42 points43 points  (11 children)

Health Canada never beats the FDA to anything (because of our more stringent regulatory environment/higher standards). To the extent that it became a running joke when I was in pharmacy school.

[–]wrgrant 30 points31 points  (4 children)

I thought it was because Health Canada always waited until the US FDA had done all the testing and approved something. Then we can just announce its safe and approve it without all that expensive testing etc.

[–]KingInTheFarNorthBritish Columbia 17 points18 points  (1 child)

Thats a less flaterring way to say it.

Another thing to consider is US market factors. The pharma cos are going to meet the FDA standards because they need to in order to sell in the USA. In canada, if we get too strict the companies wont attempt to distrubed here. Its the company's that perform the trials and provide the FDA with efficacy and safety data, although there is the potential for some publics funds being avaliable, most of the time the pharma co foots the bill.

[–]tmleafsfan 243 points244 points  (6 children)

Great news!

Officially the beginning of the end.

I hope provinces release vaccination number dashboards like they have for covid cases. More data is always good.

Next up, Moderna.

Official statement: https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/news/2020/12/health-canada-authorizes-first-covid-19-vaccine0.html

[–]ChaZz182 58 points59 points  (5 children)

Is there any timeline in Canada for the Moderna vaccine? I have heard it's being looked at on December 17 in the US.

[–]tmleafsfan 40 points41 points  (1 child)

Dr Supriya Sharma did say that they are following similar timeline to FDA for both vaccines, so we can expect next week?

Federal govt just holding a presser so we'll find out I guess.

[–]ChaZz182 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That would be my assumption as well, I just wondered if maybe there was something more specific that I might have missed.

[–]icebalm 145 points146 points  (22 children)

Pfizer vaccine by the numbers:

  • 44,000 people in the clinical trial, half got the vaccine, half placebo control
  • Seems to be 95% effective
  • 2 serious allergic reactions during the trial, one in the vaccine group, one in the control group.
  • Most common observed side effects: soreness at injection site, fatigue, headache.
  • Serious reactions happen in 2.8% of people over 55, and 4.6% of people 55 and under.
  • Serious allergic reactions have happened to some people in the UK who have known strong allergic reactions to other substances, strong enough that they already carried epipens.

Looking pretty safe.

EDIT: I've gotten my information from this video of this mornings press conference, timestamped for side effects question/answer: https://youtu.be/GxJsNGcVqew?t=1213

[–]BadMoodDude 5 points6 points  (1 child)

Huh, interesting that the side effects are more prevalent in younger people than older people.

[–]icebalm 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It kinda makes sense. Younger = stronger immune system = stronger immune response.

[–]Rumi4 4 points5 points  (5 children)

how does someone from the placebo group has gotten the side effects?

[–]icebalm 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Could be anything from reaction to the metal/placebo to it being psychosomatic. That's one reason why control groups are used, to determine if the drug is the cause of something out of the ordinary.

[–]ASEdouard 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Also good news that they’ll use the first batches to vaccinate X number of people for X doses received, instead of reserving 2 doses per person (because they’ve been assured by Pfizer to receive additional doses quickly).

[–]trgreg 112 points113 points  (51 children)

Next summer is gonna be a good one ...

[–]Keystone-12Ontario 209 points210 points  (28 children)

We better include the world's largest god damn party in our stimulus package!

I'm talking NFLD kitchen party-esque rowdyness, mixed with the enthusiasm and energy of a Saskatchewan rough riders victory, hosted in Montreal (obviously) with the same energy of a Vancouver Canucks playoff defeat.

[–][deleted] 41 points42 points  (0 children)

Vancouver Canucks playoff defeat

God damn you

[–]slow_worker 64 points65 points  (4 children)

This is one of the most Canadian sentences I've ever read

[–]Runningoutofideas_81 32 points33 points  (0 children)

The Vancouver Canucks defeat addition really won me over!

[–][deleted] 9 points10 points  (2 children)

I don't even like the rough riders but if the tickets weren't going to be 10000 dollars for the first game back I would be there pouring beer all over myself.

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (2 children)

I mean, Ford promised PEI a huge BBQ. Maybe we can hijack that for all of Canada?

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Canada knows how to parrrr-fucking-tyyyy. And we will, Oh yes we will.

[–]jammiluv 3 points4 points  (0 children)

From your lips to God’s ears.

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Can we actually do this? I really think we should get this going!

[–]Office_glenOntario 29 points30 points  (11 children)

I imagine based on rough projections we should have around 50% of the pop vaccinated by then. Next summer is going to be one wild party!

[–]JACrazy 9 points10 points  (6 children)

Assuming 50% of the population wants to vaccinate.

[–]Office_glenOntario 18 points19 points  (3 children)

They had immediate voluntary vaccination rates pegged at 75%, assuming another 10-15 are on the fence and want to wait, that 75% still puts us into herd immunity territory.

[–]TalentlessNoob 12 points13 points  (3 children)

Summer 2021? I sure hope so

Probably pretty likely is Novavax, J&J, Astrazenica all get approved as well, gates is optimistic they will in Q1

Next summer is gonna be on wheels if there are no restrictions by then, gonna be cutting it close though

[–]Sneakymist 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The good thing is that it's not like if we don't vaccinate everyone by May 24, our summer will be a complete write-off. It will be rolling progress so even if May 2021 still has some restrictions, August will certainly be much better and we should be able to salvage some part of it, if not the whole thing.

[–][deleted] 163 points164 points  (3 children)

YES AWESOME JOB HEALTH CANADA 🇨🇦

[–]MBCnerdcore 4 points5 points  (0 children)

So what was the deal just 2 weeks ago when conservatives were telling everyone we were in the back of every line and trudeau had completely dropped the ball?? What were they basing that on?

[–]StarryNight321 184 points185 points  (154 children)

Please end this nightmare. Hospitalizations and ICU in Ontario are reaching alarming levels.

[–]BudgetProfessional 239 points240 points  (133 children)

laughs in Alberta

[–]KhelbenBQuébec 97 points98 points  (114 children)

Yeah wtf is going on over there? Most cases per day in the country with only 13% of the population, that's scary. Are people using masks at all? What is closed right now (if anything)?

[–][deleted] 55 points56 points  (5 children)

Calgary, Edmonton and most bigger towns have had mandatory mask mandates for months. The cases are mostly from private gatherings.

[–]sirprizesOntario 4 points5 points  (2 children)

I mean, wtf is going on in Quebec too? Quebec’s death rate is at US levels and is quadruple the rest of Canada. Even now you guys are still getting the most deaths so what gives?

[–]TheConsultantIsBack 29 points30 points  (9 children)

People are wearing masks idk who these people are pretending Alberta is a jungle. I live in BC and have family in Alberta so I've visited every 2 to 3 months since March and the restrictions are exponentially higher in Alberta. In interior BC they didn't make it mandatory to wear masks until this month. The only place that had it was Walmart. Alberta won't let you in anywhere without a mask and has been that way since March. They have two of the biggest cities in Canada (which no other province does), and tried desperately to keep their crippled economy open with as many restrictions in place as possible but naturally with that type of pop density you'll have outbreaks. Not to mention it has highly populated industrial hubs around the province. Sure there's hicks that don't follow the rules and dumbasses just like every other province but theyre not at all the reason for the numbers. And although this lockdown is necessary, businesses will die, people will die and families will be broken because of it and how bad they were struggling before so it's pretty cool to see some people being like 'haha Albertan idiots' for some cheap internet points.

[–]XianLNova Scotia 9 points10 points  (4 children)

The YEG and YCC HCW Associations estimate in 4-5 days we'll no longer have enough staff to keep up with ICU bed demands. It's going to get publicly ugly very soon.

Edit: Also, the care ratio for nurses to patients is going up to 1:12. Shit is bad.

[–]KhelbenBQuébec 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That fucking sucks. I cannot imagine the psychological impact on doctors when they start to be unable to treat everyone and people who could have be treated start to die, and they have to decide who. At first the choice is "easier", but if it gets to Italy levels from back in May it becomes much harder.

[–]canuck_11Alberta 7 points8 points  (0 children)

*cries in Alberta

[–]ASEdouard 12 points13 points  (9 children)

Oh it’s shitty everywhere except in Atlantic Canada. Looking forward to these vaccines.

[–]habscupchamps 17 points18 points  (1 child)

I can’t wait for life to be normal again.

[–]Office_glenOntario 72 points73 points  (7 children)

Jackpot baby, I'll take all the vaccine, mainline it into my body

On a serious note, I'm really just tired of the last year. At the start of all this my anxiety and mood took a bit of a beating. I knew it would eventually get better once we got through this and I just needed to wait it out.

I didn't realize until the other day that I still feel that way, and thinking about getting out of this and seeing friends and family regularly without wearing masks almost made me cry. We are rounding the corner everyone, just a little bit more

[–][deleted] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The beginning of the end of COVID!

[–]northernlights22 97 points98 points  (29 children)

FYI for all Canadians with a food or medicine allergy.

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/12/09/health/covid-vaccine-allergies-health-workers-uk-intl-gbr/index.html

Anyone that has a severe food or medicine allergy that requires an EpiPen may have to wait to get the Pfizer vaccine as it has caused 2 people anaphylactic reactions.

[–]Caleb902Nova Scotia 129 points130 points  (16 children)

anaphylactic /=/ anaphylactoid !!!

Anaphylactic is your throat closing up and you can't breath. Anaphylactoid is getting a rash, shortness of breath and maybe your blood pressure drops. It's not potentially fatal in the same way anaphylactic is.

[–]darksaber14 48 points49 points  (1 child)

Upvoted for spreading the facts :)

From this BBC article:

They are understood to have had an anaphylactoid reaction, which tends to involve a skin rash, breathlessness and sometimes a drop in blood pressure. This is not the same as anaphylaxis which can be fatal.

[–]Caleb902Nova Scotia 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Listened to some news podcast, either TheDaily, The Journal or the BBC one and that's the only reason I knew! haha Good to be informed!

[–]RukaworkAlberta 8 points9 points  (5 children)

I am allergic to Eggs. I get horrible stomach pains, some bloating, and incredible fatigue if I accidentally ingest eggs, but nothing that causes anaphylactic responses or shock. I basically just have to watch what I eat, but I hear that many Flu vaccines are made/derived from Eggs in some way.

Will I be able to take this vaccine? I hope so, I want to get this and be done with this nonsense. Any docs in the house able to pipe in?

[–]mitallustBritish Columbia 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Unlike traditional flu vaccines which are usually grown in chicken eggs (which is why it can take so long to produce a sizeable amount of vaccine for the seasonal flu strain), the mRNA vaccines are chemically synthesized. It greatly speeds up the production time, with the benefit of it not containing any ingredients or potential cross contamination from eggs.

You can see the non-medical ingredients in the Health Canada portal.

Edit: not a doctor, this is not medical advice, please talk to your doctor about any concerns and advise the person giving the shot of any and all allergies.

[–]alex9zo 12 points13 points  (2 children)

PM Legault just said we might be able to vaccinate the vast majority of old people and healthcare workers before the end of January

[–]codeverity 18 points19 points  (2 children)

Awesome news!

Didn't Plague Inc release a version where you get to try and defeat the virus instead of spreading it? Makes me want to play it.

[–]Electroflare5555Manitoba 15 points16 points  (1 child)

Yes, they basically doubled the content of the game besides the sci-fi diseases.

Cure. Inc. is a lot more tedious, however

[–]airjedi 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Ah so it's accurate to real life too then!

[–]Varekai79Ontario 23 points24 points  (2 children)

Yes! Inject that into my veins muscle tissue!

[–]canuck_11Alberta 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Let’s Go!!

[–]Gamarisgood 37 points38 points  (30 children)

With the UAE also approving the sinopharm vaccine today and the US nearly certainly approving the Pfizer vaccine tomorrow, it is clear we are in the end stages of this pandemic.

Also to note, the 6 mil doses estimate by end of march is imo very conservative because it doesn't account for the J&J vaccine (phase 3 data expected in Jan) and AZ vaccine which in all honesty will likely still be approved because

  1. Still effective (62% at the least)
  2. Proven to be safe
  3. Cheap
  4. AZ already mass producing so we can likely get more and (more importantly) quicker!!

[–]ASEdouard 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Also worth noting that they won’t wait to have 2 doses per person to vaccinate (in Pfizer’s case), unlike what they initially thought. This could make the process quicker.

[–]keyprops 11 points12 points  (6 children)

Here's a question. Are we going to be able to choose which vaccine we get? Also, will it be harmful to stack different vaccines? Say you get one of the less effective vaccines early on, would it be possible to get a more effective one later?

[–]xerexes1Canada 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Those are good questions. The UK is planning on testing combinations of vaccines, when available. Additionally, the Pfizer vaccine has a warning about possible allergic reactions in people with severe food allergies.

I’m hopeful that enough people will be able to take these new vaccines, in order to protect the population as a whole.

The clinical trials cannot account for all individual cases, such as those with compromised immune systems or pregnancies.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-08/pfizer-astra-shots-to-be-combined-in-u-k-covid-vaccine-trials

https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/covid-19-vaccine-pfizer-faq-1.5795486

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/coronavirus-covid19-canada-world-december9-1.5833848

[–]Read_That_Somewhere 9 points10 points  (5 children)

There’s also Novavax, which will likely be available by early Spring.

[–]Gamarisgood 16 points17 points  (4 children)

Yes definitely!! I feel the government is being very conservative with their numbers and I would not be surprised if our actual vaccine doses by end of march is 12+ million (just a guess). Saskatchewan released their vaccine plan and it seems they are expecting more doses as well because they will begin general public vaccination in April!!!! Definitely good news all around and I'm hopeful we will have a normal summer or perhaps even a semi normal spring.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbc.ca/amp/1.5833354

[–]TalentlessNoob 11 points12 points  (3 children)

Generally, world officials, other than trump, promote conservative timelines because its better to exceed an expectation that it is to miss a deadline

Trudeau says 70% by fall, but truthfully, its probably gonna be 70% by june

[–]Keystone-12Ontario 102 points103 points  (36 children)

Wahoooo!!!!!

This is excellent news!!!!!

This is it!!! This is what we have been waiting for!!

Every person vaccinated is a step to stopping this thing!!!!

NHL games, family gatherings, water parks!!!!

We better include the world's biggest party in our stimulus package this summer !!!!!!@

Wahoooooo!!!!!

[–]KhelbenBQuébec 41 points42 points  (4 children)

Maybe I'll even shake someone's hand or hug a relative for the first time since mid-March. Or drink a beer at a pub. Or play a boardgame in person. Or stop being anxious if I need to cough a bit in public.

[–]phohunna 10 points11 points  (2 children)

Or stop being anxious if I need to cough a bit in public.

oh man, I sneeze in reaction to a shift to direct sunlight and going outside has been bad for me.

[–]ReckHarEz 18 points19 points  (6 children)

I get so excited that I almost get teary eyed. My wife who works in a school won’t have to worry. I don’t have to worry about my kids getting sick.

You know, all of them have been so strong and resilient. I’m so happy to finally see the end is so close. And I get so upset about these anti-maskers and all that. Eff them.

[–]DrOctopusMD 11 points12 points  (10 children)

I think NHL games (with fans) are still going to take some time to come back, but I wouldn't be shocked if the 2021-22 season was fully back to normal and starts in October.

[–]HeftyNugs 6 points7 points  (2 children)

NHL is coming back January 13th

[–]MWatters9Canada 16 points17 points  (2 children)

Can't wait to drop 500$ for a standing room ticket to watch the leafs lose.

[–]Keystone-12Ontario 12 points13 points  (1 child)

As someone who isn't a Leafs fan. I really do like spending my money to watch the leafs lose.

[–]MWatters9Canada 3 points4 points  (0 children)

( ͠° ͟ʖ ͡°)

[–]Mr_Slippery1 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I cannot wait, I know this is just a small step in the right direction but man is it reassuring news to get started.

[–]alpha69 5 points6 points  (1 child)

Sure it will be months before everyone is vaccinated - but the demographic at highest risk should be vaccinated by mid winter and then deaths from covid will stop with rare exceptions. Once people aren't dying anymore from it the pressure will ease a lot.

[–][deleted] 17 points18 points  (5 children)

My mother is a nurse and the best possible christmas present for me and my family is knowing she'll probably be vaccinated and protected better from COVID19 soon. It's been a constant stress on all of us, herself included and getting dressed up every day in what looks like practically welding gear doesn't look fun, or comfortable.

I haven't seen my mother in months because she's scared to socialize with people. She basically sleeps, eats and works at the hospital. Your life is inconvenienced because you can't go to the pub and maybe you crossed paths with someone who was sneezing the other day? Her and thousands of other healthcare professionals have been stretched thin now for months, with working usually being the only thing on their minds.

Shout out to all the front-line healthcare workers in hospitals, care-homes, on the streets and working the ambulance crews, fire-trucks and even cops who are first responders to emergency calls. If I had it my way, you'd all be the first in line for these vaccines because of the sacrifices to your physical and mental health you've made all year because of this shit.

When travelling comes back, I think I'm gonna take my mom on a vacation. If you have health-care workers who are family, maybe plan the same thing as a thank you if you can afford it.

[–]KingScottKing1985 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Just think of much good it can do to get the elderly, the people with preexisting conditions that make them vulnerable, and the front line workers vaccinated?

People will still be getting sick of course, but the deaths, hospitalizations, and long term side effects should start to go down.