Delivery! Lots and lots of Pfizer in there. Anticipating a huge day here in Thorncliffe Park. I'll check back in at around midnight. They're planning to do deep into the night.

Happy Mother's Day to all the staff; I'm sure their mothers will understand.

Two hours before clinic opened, the makeshift pharmacy was already in high gear, getting all the doses ready.

The pharmacy has all the vials and doses planned out, all the way to 23:00 hrs. I'm not going to reveal their ambition, but those who know how to read these numbers will know that it's going to set a one-day record if they get there.

It’s almost 11pm and this place is ALIVE.

A vaccine clinic opening well past Iftar / sunset during Ramadan is the most culturally-appropriate thing I've ever seen in my life.

The other brilliant thing: throughput is incredible. Here's how they do it: 2 lines. Line 1 is walk-ins. Line 2 is pre-booked, which helped keep the throughput high during the afternoon lull when line 1 was low—a chronic problem for pop-ups.

Mass vax clinics in the next, vaccine-rich phase of rollout isn't walk-ins (pop ups) or pre-booked (MICs), it's both--a hybrid. @panthony1986 talked about it in my recent article for @thelocalhealth https://thelocal.to/behind-the-sudden-drop-at-torontos-mass-immunization-clinics/

Not novel concept. Airlines have been doing it forever...it's called a standby list. I've seen pop ups panic in the afternoon when the line dies and they start contacting @VaxHuntersCan and opening it up to everybody. Get a pre-booked list in place before you stage a pop up.

That pre-booked list of people didn't just magically appear. The team spent a good part of the week knocking on doors in the surrounding apartment towers to sign people up. They did their homework.

That's it from me here tonight. I want to know the final number of doses but it's past my bedtime. I'll find out tomorrow.

Final tally: 4048 doses!

For context, the Metro Toronto Convention Centre—which was supposed to be the flagship clinic for the city—maxes out at around 2k.

Well done @MGHToronto @TNOtoronto @fhc_chc @ETHPnews @HealthAccessTp

They started at noon on Sunday and vaccinated the last person just after 1am Monday.

I’m careful to not say that this was a single-day record because I’m told this is the 3rd time the @MGHToronto team broke the 4K mark this week.

What’s impressive is not just the quantity but also the thoughtfulness embedded in their work. Lots of learning here. /end