MidlandToday welcomes letters to the editor at [email protected] or via our website. Please include your daytime phone number and address (for verification of authorship, not publication). The following letter is in response to an article about flu and COVID-19 vaccinations, published Oct. 31.
It is fine and dandy that they are encouraging people to get both their flu and COVID shots at the same time to save time.
As stated in the article, I realize the Ontario government said that these would be available as of Oct. 30, 2023. However, they are not available to get at all pharmacies as yet as I am on a waiting list, waiting to be notified when I can make an appointment to get my flu and the so-called ‘new’ COVID shot, and at my ripe old age I will gladly try and get both whenever they become available in Gravenhurst at a pharmacy.
I actually went to a pharmacy to get a COVID vaccine this past July. I filled out the form to get the COVID vaccine and waited, only to be told that all pharmacies had been locked out of the system and I was told to try again in the fall. So, I am trying again as it is fall and I am waiting to get my flu and COVID vaccines. Hopefully, they will be available soon for me to get.
A year ago, I spent a lot of time calling pharmacies to try and get a flu shot, only to be constantly told that they were having stock issues of the flu vaccine and the pharmacy had a long waiting list of people wanting a flu shot, so I was unable to get my flu shot.
I would like to make a request to the Ontario government to make these vaccines and flu shots more accessible to everyone so that it is not a constant hassle trying to get a vaccination or flu shot.
Doug Abernethy
Gravenhurst
