Demands for vaccinations galore - and understandably so.

A THREAD on some of the stark realities of limited supply from Ottawa.

First, some good news. 1/x #ableg

Alberta is leading in vaccinations - now over 30,000 Albertans have received a 1st dose. Thousands more every day.

Up 180% in 1 week.

Leading in doses per 100k population (save for small PEI).

Leading in % of supply used.

https://covid19tracker.ca/vaccinationtracker.html 2/x #ableg

Who is in Phase 1A on rollout?

~23k healthcare workers (ICUs, etc.)
~36k long-term care workers
~28k long-term care residents (vulnerable seniors)

Around 87k ppl in total.

Keep in mind - TWO doses required. So ~175k doses in total needed for Phase 1A. 3/x #ableg

Alberta has so far received less than 60k from the federal govt.

Now some additional staff are now demanding to be added to the priority list.

I don't begrudge. But who do they want dropped from the *current* list? 4/x https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/alberta-doctors-question-vaccine-priorities-in-letter-to-health-minister-1.5256033 #AbLeg

Yes, prioritization is difficult.

Medical experts decide, based on evidence - taking into account limited supply from the Govt of Canada.

Even if Alberta could vax 10k/day, we wouldn't have enough supply from Ottawa to vax everyone who is currently demanding. 5/x #ableg

You can read more about Alberta's vaccination rollout here. https://www.alberta.ca/covid19-vaccine.aspx 6/x #ableg