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I’m a patient at @UnityHealthTO St. Mike’s hospital high risk pregnancy clinic. I asked my specialist if I could get #COVID19 Covid vaccine shot months ago... 1/
At the time, where weren’t any available + they were advising pregnant/breastfeeding women against getting the shot because there wasn’t enough information or studies done on how the vaccine will affect them... 2/
Now fast forward 3 weeks after I gave birth and now ICUs are getting filled up with a troubling upward trend of *specifically* pregnant women that are contracting the new variants and getting significantly SICKER and QUICKER than others catching Covid 3/
So NOW pregnant women have been moved to the highest risk groups of catching Covid meaning the vaccine will be prioritized to them getting it...4/
Because even if the effects of the vaccine on pregnant women are not as well investigated as ideal, it’s KNOWN to be safer than catching Covid, dying from it or significantly suffering serious health complications or the death of your baby from #COVID19 5/
For me that difference between being eligible under “pregnant” for vaccine priority is about 3 weeks.
But I was also *already* qualified in other high risk groups and supposed to have gotten shots during the first phase anyway
Yet I canNOT get an appt to get vaccine ANYWHERE 6/
But I was also *already* qualified in other high risk groups and supposed to have gotten shots during the first phase anyway
Yet I canNOT get an appt to get vaccine ANYWHERE 6/
But now my high risk clinic has gotten TON of Pfizer vaccines but 50% of the women are declining due to so much misinformation, unnecessary fear mongering & propaganda by anti vaxxers. Partly because of this, is why our ICUs are seeing higher rates of pregnant women with COVID 7/
However when I asked the director of @UnityHealthTO St. Mike’s high risk pregnancy clinic if I could get one of the PLENTY of Pfizer shots they have available, he denied me saying they’re only reserved for pregnant women... which I’m 3 weeks short of JUST having been... 8/
Even tho, I JUST had baby, had HORRIFIC birth @UnityHealthTO St. Mike’s hospital induced into emergency c section where both baby AND me almost died +now have serious INFECTION from emergency c section home with newborn
They have vaccine but denying me cuz I’m 3 weeks postpartum
They have vaccine but denying me cuz I’m 3 weeks postpartum
And this is EXACTLY indicative of the complete shitshow that this vaccine rollout has been
It’s not just the province that’s failed us. It’s our healthcare institutions too @UnityHealthTO
It’s not just the province that’s failed us. It’s our healthcare institutions too @UnityHealthTO
