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Last night in her story for @CTVNationalNews, our bureau chief @NapierJoyce had a clip from Shoppers Drug Mart President Jeff Leger about how pharmacies could help deploy a vaccine. I'll lay out the key points from the interview we did with him. #cdnpoli https://www.ctvnews.ca/ctv-national-news/video?clipId=2112198
First off, the Shoppers President estimated that if we used the 11K pharmacies we have in Canada, we could vaccinate 2 M+ people per week, or 285K people per day.
Right now, no level of government has a deal with Shoppers to deliver vaccines #cdnpoli
Right now, no level of government has a deal with Shoppers to deliver vaccines #cdnpoli
One reason there might not be a deal with Shoppers, is cause their President says dealing with Pfizer would be a challenge but they're ready to use Moderna or other vaccines.
He said that all 1800 Shoppers + pharmacies in Loblaws would be able to give covid vaccines #cdnpoli
He said that all 1800 Shoppers + pharmacies in Loblaws would be able to give covid vaccines #cdnpoli
The Shoppers President said that a couple days after cutting a deal with a government, they'd be ready to administer vaccines because they have their own cold chain distribution channel, and their pharmacists are already certified #cdnpoli
It's already common in Canada to have pharmacies give our vaccines, Shoppers gave our 2 M flu shots in 5 weeks this year, as per their President.
So when when we've only distributed 33% of the vaccines we have on hand, why haven't started using pharmacies to move faster?
So when when we've only distributed 33% of the vaccines we have on hand, why haven't started using pharmacies to move faster?
For folks saying, "To do that, we need supply!" I 100% get that but even if we seriously ramp up the rate we're vaccinating, we're still gonna keep falling behind.
This week we're getting 124K Pfizer doses, as of 5 pm ET today, we only vaccinated 4790 people nationally #cdnpoli
This week we're getting 124K Pfizer doses, as of 5 pm ET today, we only vaccinated 4790 people nationally #cdnpoli
In the US, the Trump administration cut a deal with Walgreens and CVS back in October. This article talks about them going into LTC homes but once they're taken care of, you'll be able to go into one of their stores and get vaccinated there. https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/16/coronavirus-trump-administration-unveils-cvs-walgreens-vaccine-deal.html
But even if we hit the goal of 2 M+ vaccinations per week in pharmacies, it would take 9 and half months to vaccinate 38 M people twice. So, any strategy for us to meet the PMJT goal of everyone being able to get a vaccinated by Sept, is going to require even more capacity
