Pfizer vaccine pilot to roll out at pharmacies in GTA hot spots amid questions over how locations were chosen

“This is much more targeted to hot spots,” Mr. Bates said of the Pfizer trial. “It’s a smaller number of pharmacies, and fewer doses.”

Other key considerations for participating in the pilot were meeting “complex vaccine storage and handling requirements of the mRNA vaccines” such as Pfizer’s, Ontario Ministry of Health spokesperson Christian Hasse wrote in an e-mailed statement. Mr. Hasse did not respond to questions about why the balance of corporate-owned and independent pharmacies differed from the recommendation from OPA, and how the distribution will be balanced as the rollout expands.

Pharmacist Mina Maseh, owner of the Friendly Care West King Pharmacy in northwest Toronto, said he received word last weekend that his location was being considered for the pilot. His pharmacy has already hired extra staff in order to administer the AstraZeneca vaccines and has been managing appointments to avoid crowding and move a high number of doses, he said. When a corporate-owned store nearby was chosen instead, he was frustrated.

Mr. Maseh said he has been having multiple conversations with patients who are hesitant about the vaccines, and has been attempting to address distrust in public-health systems. He said two people he “was begging” to take the AstraZeneca shot later ended up in intensive care with COVID-19, while there were others he was able to convince.“It scares me,” Mr. Maseh said. “If they’re going to someone that’s not their pharmacist, that they haven’t known for years, they’re not going to be convinced.

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