Don't belittle other peoples' problems. Just because they are different problems to yours doesn't mean those people aren't genuinely stressed about them. Remember Micawber's maxim: "Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen pounds nineteen and six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds ought and six, result misery."

It doesn't matter if your annual income is $20 or $20,000 or $20,000,000 - if your expenditure exceeds your income there will be a point of reckoning, and this year COVID has probably caused a lot of people to face financial problems that would otherwise have been kicked down the road for another day. I'm sure those people would be very grateful for any help the province provides, after all they've paid their taxes have they not?

Best interview ever

Twitter link below (may need to refresh or quote me to see it)

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Wonderful! Martin's quite a chatterer and bright as a button too.

Best quote "I went out and had a rather nasty lunch"

Canada's approved the Pfizer vaccine

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55251830

Canada has authorized Pfizer covid-19 vaccine.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world...nZV?li=BBnb7Kz

One link for each dose?

Smarty pants

Our lovely Rete has a lot on her mind. I'm thinking of you and Lisa, Rete

Between you and me, we were giving him the British and American versions.

I reckon we deserve a pay rise for that!

Quite appropriate for Canada really
How does 10% sound?

Something to think about if you have a history of allergic reactions to foods or medications. The advisory is out of the UK.

"The MHRA issued new advice to health care professionals stating that any person with a significant allergic reaction to a vaccine, medicine or food -- such as previous history of anaphylactoid reaction, or those who have been advised to carry an adrenaline autoinjector -- should not receive the Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine."

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/12/09/h...gbr/index.html

My Wife carries an Epipen, she had her shingrix inoculation before Christmas and I almost had to stab her with it. Scared me for a while there but she took some Reactine and the side effects went away.
Looks like the same thing could happen again, thankfully it's not an anaphylaxis reaction. That would be bad.

Bell's Palsy, lymphadenopathy appear to be 2 of the more serious side effects possible.. (though unlikely)
Opens in new tab, no download: https://www.fda.gov/media/144245/download

The major side effect (as reported by my facebook friend Ken) is that Bill Gates will be able to track us down on this flat earth.

Some BC relevant vaccine news.

400,000 expected by March.

Just shy of 4,000 set to arrive soon in BC, 4 trays of 975 doses, 2 will go to Fraser Health and 2 to Vancouver Coastal Health.

The first doses to arrive will be given to healthcare workers who can travel to the vaccination sites.

nine sites across the province to receive the Pfizer vaccine with hopes to increase to 30.

Sounds like they plan to do central vaccination points for Pfizer vaccine.



By March they are hoping for 400,000 to have been vaccinated.

Looks like Priority will be

1st- LTC staff, residents and healthcare workers.
2nd- seniors over 80, people with underlying health conditions, people who are underhoused, and people living in remote and isolated Indigenous communities.
3rd- (they hope by April) front-line workers including teachers, grocery store workers, firefighters, and people working in food processing plants will be prioritized.
4th- moving down the population age range in increments.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/briti...ec-9-1.5835041


They say be patient eventually you will get one, but at least we have an idea how they plan to do it.