I got my booster today. I chose Maderna, mix it up, plus Pfizer is having commercials here now which always work the opposite way with me :)
My youngest got his second shot as well, Pfizer (same as first shot), all went well.
What stood out is how quiet it was at the vaccination center. We saw about 2 or 3 other people in total while getting the shot and waiting 15 minutes for side effects. It was at 1 pm, hopefully it's still more busy in the morning or people just aren't showing up anymore.
Ontario sits at 79.0% fully vaccinated, the other 20% is in the hospital :p
6.4 million third doses administered (43%) so just over half of fully vaccinated got a booster.
https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/omicron-wave-has-plateaued-in-ontario-but-covid-19-hospitalizations-expected-to-see-prolonged-peak-1.5762564
Hospital occupancy related to COVID-19 is expected to remain in a "prolonged peak" despite the fact that the Omicron wave in Ontario has plateaued or is in decline, the province's science table said in new modelling released Tuesday.
"Taking into account the time lag until diagnosis and reporting, the peak of Ontario's wastewater signal around Jan. 4, 2022 would correspond to a peak in cases around Jan. 11, 2022," the report said.
According to the wastewater data, between 1.5 million and four million Ontario residents were infected with COVID-19 in the past 60 days.
It will still be a while until the hospitals can go back to normal operation
The modelling says that hospitalizations are expected to "remain at a prolonged peak, except under the most favourable assumptions." Pressure on intensive care is also expected to be "prolonged."
Assuming that at least eight million people in Ontario will have received their third dose of COVID-19 vaccine by the end of the month, and that there is a high level of immunity in the community, the province could continue to see over 2,000 patients in hospital in March.
In the worst case scenario, with low levels of immunity, that number could skyrocket to just under 6,000 patients.
