Amelia Bellamy-Royds 

🚨 Covid vaccines in Alberta will only be available from public health clinics, not pharmacies, this coming season. Access will be staggered by priority groups & most will need to pay (~$100?) out of pocket or private insurance.

The justification about wasted doses doesn't really add up. Fewer administration sites could reduce wastage from open multi-dose vials, but pre-ordering reduces that as well as end-of-season waste. Making people pay is just 🤬

https://www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?xID=9347331DF6B9F-9F32-57A9-7F37179C432318BE

#Covid19AB

Public alert for Cryptosporidium outbreak

Primary and Preventative Health Services’ Calgary Zone Medical Officers of Health and Alberta Health Services Environmental Public Health have declared a cryptosporidium outbreak at the Butterfield Acres Petting Farm in Calgary.

Jun 14, 2025 at 1:10amWeb
Show threadAmelia Bellamy-Royds Jun 14, 2025

I realize I totally buried the lede in my post, despite going back to add bold formatting. Requiring patients to pay for vaccines is much a bigger deal than taking distribution away from pharmacies & adding staggered roll-out.

In my defence, I was writing the post as I was reading the press release, and already had the other stuff written before I got to the buried bit about making most patients pay for preventative medical care.

I'm glad to see most news headlines have the emphasis right.

Show threadAnneJun 14, 2025
@AmeliasBrain really, Alberta?
Figures.
Show threadAmelia Bellamy-Royds Jun 14, 2025
@annecavicchi They cite the US government's change in policy (to stop recommending the vaccine for healthy women & children) at the top of their list of "Quick Facts". So that kind of tells you whom our Alberta government considers a good example to emulate these days.