“One person said they had booked appointments for 20 friends from my tweets”: How this woman became a vaccine hunter extraordinaire
"I wanted to do what I could to ease the burden on the health care system"
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“A teenager left me a thank-you note after her second shot”: This psychiatrist is working as a Covid vaccinator at CAMH
"How often do 10 to 12 people thank you in a meaningful way every hour?"
“I’m a small business owner trying to run an event, and I’m going to do it safely”: A Q&A with the organizer of BeerFest, which will require attendees to be vaccinated
It was among the first fall festivals to announce such a policy
This Torontonian transformed his coffee truck into a mobile vaccine clinic
"Our vehicles were 33 feet long, with four fridges and a freezer, and they could hold tens of thousands of vaccines"
“I guess, in a pandemic, this is what you call nightlife”: Scenes from the epic, 32-hour Doses After Dark overnight vaccine clinic in Peel
One person described it as "a vaccine rave"
“People may get sick and die because they decided to wait”: Family doctor Ritika Goel on why the NACI’s vaccine messaging is so dangerous
"The thing to keep in mind is that this vaccine has been approved by Health Canada, and it is absolutely safe"
I lost two family members to Covid. Now I’m on a mission to build vaccine confidence in Scarborough
"Just because the system doesn't care about us doesn’t mean we have to stop caring about each other. I learned from the loss of my cousin and grandmother that I have to do this work or no one else will"
“They’re giving out vaccines like candy down there”: These Torontonians are travelling to the States to get their shots
We spoke with four vaccine border-hoppers about why they're making the trip
“I guess you could say it’s become an obsession”: Meet Bea Serdon, a.k.a. Batman, who’s booked more than 120 vaccine appointments for friends, family and total strangers
Earlier this month she posted on Facebook offering to help anyone having trouble with their quest for the shot. Now she spends hours each day scouring the web for vax vacancies
“At this point, we’ve probably helped thousands of people book shots”: Q&A with Joshua Kalpin of Vaccine Hunters Canada, the viral website for vaccine appointment intel
"Jean Yoon from Kim’s Convenience tweeted that she was able to book her vaccine based on info she got through our Twitter feed"
“I told her the vaccine was the only way to get back to everything she misses”: How this scientist convinced her vaccine-fearing grandma to get the jab
"I heard my grandmother on the phone with her friend, saying something like, 'Oh no, there is no way I am taking that vaccine.' Of course I was like, whaaaat?????"
“The last thing we want is to waste a single shot”: A Toronto Public Health manager on what it’s like to run a mass vaccination clinic
"There was one little old lady in her 90s who was so grateful to get the shot that she started to cry. It was hard not to give her a hug"
“The pilot won’t let you on the plane if you’re not dressed for survival”: This Toronto doctor travelled to Northern Ontario to vaccinate people in fly-in Indigenous reserves
"The elders were so funny. They’d say, 'The only thing we want to know is if the vaccine will improve our sex lives!'"
“It’s likely we’ll see another pandemic in the next 20 years”: The Toronto scientist who invented the Covid vaccine technology says we need to prepare for the next virus
A decade ago, the Scarborough biologist Derrick Rossi discovered modified mRNA, a revolutionary new cell technology. Now his creation is about to save the world
Anita Anand is calling the shots
She was a low-profile MP with an obscure portfolio. Suddenly, she became Canada’s most important public servant: the person in charge of acquiring vaccines
