Health officials encourage Canadians to view mRNA shots as interchangeable as more 2nd doses open up

Last Updated Monday, June 21, 2021 6:34PM EDTand Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines on Monday as shipment delays led to alterations in Canadians' second-dose appointments.

Alberta also advised residents that the vaccine appointments might have to change based on supply, and noted that the two mRNA shots are considered interchangeable., you will be able to get an earlier appointment and thus complete your series,” Alberta Health Services said in a tweet Monday.shots and warned the province might have to cancel Pfizer appointments booked after July 7 due to the supply slowdown.

In Ontario - where 76 per cent of adults have had a first dose and 24 per cent are fully immunized - those who got a first dose of an mRNA vaccine on or before May 9 were able to book second doses starting at 8 a.m. Monday. Residents in Delta hot spots who got their initial jabs on or before May 30 can do the same on Wednesday.Krystyna Szajkowski, who received Pfizer as her first shot, said she was nervous about the possibility of mixing doses.

Dr. Jeff Kwong, an epidemiologist with the University of Toronto, said he was worried about walkouts after hearing about this week's delayed Pfizer shipment.

Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)

The politicians care only their goal, the percentage of the people took their first shot, they don't care what the long term aftermath it will be to the people who took different vaccines for the first and second shot

How easy it is for Canadian government giving out such irresponsible guidelines about vaccine without a serious lab experiment and statistical data support! Is this government helping its people or on the opposite?

People who were on the fence about the vaccine to begin with aren't going to mix mrna when as far as I can tell we're the only country doing it because of supply. America and the ceo of these companies say it should only be done in rare circumstances

A. People: -Can we take of masks/party with fully vaccinated people? Govt: - NO. There we don't know much about vaccine effectiveness. + Variants. B. People: -Are vaccine safe and efficient? Govt: - All vaccines are safe and efficient! You can mix & match, even expired one's

It's all about science: - AZ- 12 weeks , MrNA-28 days. Canada: 4 months is BETTER. - AZ is for 55+, MRlrNA is 18+ -AZ is OK for 40+ -MrNa 12+ -AZ is dangerous, so get MrNA as a 2nd jab - Well, expired AZ is still OK -Actually, you can mix any vaccine at any time.. It's BETTER

Got my 2nd shot today. It was Pfizer. 1st was AZ. No side effects. Feein' fine 👍

I had Pfizer first and then Moderna...no problems at all!

Yes no yes no yes yes yes yes no no no!

Tired of health officials constantly asking us to concede and believe their ever changing directives. Report when you know everything and not a moment before. Taking up too much of my reading time

This is all based on supply

You know if there is a long term issue they find with mixing they vax it’s on you. The government and the drug companies won’t help you.

That’s a hard pass.

Can we get China vaccines here?

Give combination of Pfizer and Madorna to all politicians and their family pls.

CDC just said don't. So health officials could suck it.

Same health officials who were pushing people to take AZ as a first shot, then turned their back on them

You encouraged people to take astrezeneca too.

Just how they encourage people to take AstraZeneca and later recommend to cancel offering AstraZeneca …

I think this is dangerous But survival of the fittest

Oh...it's like mixing drinks of different make? Wow...

Yes because that worked out so well for those who got Pfizer. The first dose is the best dose. I don’t think so lol

Only in Canada.

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