Posted by: Couch_Surfer
Posted by: Mic
So how is the whole business of vaccination organized in BC?
I have the feeling of living in a weird kind of parallel universe over here, more dumbfounded by the day....all I can do is try to stay sane and not get bitter.
Two tracks.
1 - Provincial Government with a centrally managed registration site that seems frustratingly slow.
2 - Pharmacies with “additional” AZ that were independently managed and somewhat of a free for all (if you were in right age bracket and could figure out who had some jabs to give)
Both have led to a bunch of chaos and frustration as demand (currently) outstrips supply. Never mind knowing that people that can fly south can just walk into drug stores to get jabbed with no fuss, no muss.
What’s the scoop in Germany?
Well, in a nutshell I would say zee Germans are world champions in bureaucracy and rules and regulations - and it shows. Primary school teachers and people working in kindergardens get vaccines, as do all people above 60 years or who are considered high risk, but staff at secondary schools, not yet.
Adding to that is that the whole organization is done by the individual counties and communities/municipalities. 20 km away from where I work, secondary school teachers get appointments for vaccines, in my area - not so much. Here, you are only allowed to get a shot when you can prove that one of your family members is at risk. Getting a shot at a pharmacy? No effin chance. Making it easier for the population. No chance. Vaccines for young adults? Must be kidding.
People who work in testing stations as volunteers are shown the How, I am supposed to observe and hand out the self-testing kits to students. I had to watch a YouTube Video - and yes, it is not difficult, but that is not the issue.
Cities who designed plans of how to improve testing and lessons and the switching of groups were told to cease immediately because, i quote, it was not their job...it is the job of the Ministry of Education. And the list goes on and on.
Nothing has happened or changed in schools in the province I live in - apart from "Wear your masks and open the windows!", and I have heard that other provinces fare not much better. I am talking about a year of inactivity. I have students who are so poor that their parents can not afford a tablet or netbook or computer, they have to work with a mobile phone. WiFi constantly breaks down in school. We have been told last spring that each student and teacher gets a computer. Question is, when?
Politically it is a train wreck of epic proportions when it comes to education and child care.
I have to have private health insurance, since I am a civil servant - and my doctor told me on the phone last week that she has no idea when she will get any vaccine, she literally said, call again in 4 weeks.
It is really difficult to not get bitter.