Thread by @Too_Much_Hoops, I don't get why people in Ontario aged 18-49 find it confusing [...]

I don& #39;t get why people in Ontario aged 18-49 find it confusing to book their vaccine appt. Just go to http://covid19.ontariohealth.ca"> http://covid19.ontariohealth.ca . Then, you may think clicking "age criteria for your Public Health Unit" would show you age criteria for your Public Health Unit, but you& #39;d be wrong. 1/21

I don& #39;t get why people in Ontario aged 18-49 find it confusing to book their vaccine appt. Just go to http://covid19.ontariohealth.ca . Then, you may think clicking "age criteria for your Public Health Unit" would show you age criteria for your Public Health Unit, but you& #39;d be wrong. 1/21

Instead, it brings up some sort of an FAQ with a URL that includes the phrase "vaccine-70-older" - ignore that, it& #39;s not relevant.

The first question on the page, "Who can schedule a vaccine appointment," contains two different links in it...2/21

One link is info about who should NOT get the vaccine, and one is a link to Ontario& #39;s 3-phase vaccination plan. If you follow the latter, it brings you to a page that gives a vague outline of Ontario& #39;s vaccine plan. It says Phase 2, which we& #39;re in now, is for ppl aged 60-79. 3/21

Now, you know that can& #39;t be right b/c people in their 50s are getting vaccines and Ford just said everyone 18+ can get it in hotspots. This page must be out of date. So, you back out of this page to the fake "age criteria" page that is actually an FAQ. 4/21

The 2nd section on this page is "How to book your vaccine." Perfect!

However, The first 2 links in this section take you back to the purple page we just left that told us vaccinations were only for ppl aged 60-79. Weird. Ok let& #39;s try the http://ontario.ca/bookvaccine ">https://ontario.ca/bookvacci... link instead 5/21

First step is to put in my postal code, then I get a dropdown menu of who can book a test. Hmm, nothing for people in hotspots under the age of 50. It seems like maybe I& #39;m not eligible for the vaccine after all? Let& #39;s back out of this page to the fake age criteria/FAQ again. 6/21

Now we scroll to the next section in the FAQ, and lo and behold a big blue button that says "Book vaccination online." Hallelujah.

We click it and...wait a second...it brings us right to the booking portal we just left that told us we were ineligible. Hmm, time to regroup. 7/21

Okay, we scroll through the rest of this FAQ and don& #39;t see anything to indicate where we can book a vaccine. We either give up or if we& #39;re lucky, think, "Since this FAQ was trying to funnel us to that purple page a bunch, let& #39;s go there and see if we missed something." 8/21

This time we scroll past the part that tells us vaccines are only for people aged 60-79, and we see a button to check with our local public health unit, or options to look at details of the government& #39;s list of who& #39;s eligible in Phase 2. Let& #39;s click the & #39;+& #39; and expand that. 9/21

Here, finally a mention of ppl aged 18-49 in hotspots. But apparently vaccines aren& #39;t available for everyone aged 18-49 in hotspots, instead they& #39;re only for "targeted high-risk settings"?? Sounds way more restricted than Ford promised, but let& #39;s check with our PHU anyway 10/21

So we follow the "find your public health unit" link (like the 10th link we& #39;ve clicked by now), input our postal code, which apparently needs to be separated with 3 digits of the code in each box, which I have never seen on any other form, but a minor quibble. 11/21

This gives us a link to the Toronto Public Health homepage, where we have to click another link at the top to get to their COVID-19 info. 12/21

This brings us to the Toronto PHU main COVID page, where we instantly see what we& #39;re looking for. A link to Book a Vaccine. Imagine that. Right there, no scrolling. The provincial site could never. 13/21

So, we simply click that link and...hang on, this isn& #39;t the PHU booking platform, this is the provincial one. The one we were already linked to twice that told us we& #39;re not eligible. 14/21

So, we go back and scroll down a tiny bit, where we see it says the same thing as the provincial website - Only those aged 50+ are eligible to book appointments in hotspots. 15/21

Clicking the "City Immunization Clinics" link only confirms that we are not able to book a vaccination if we& #39;re under the age of 50. 16/21

Frustrated, we click the "currently eligible" link to see if we can get any information. Ford has been telling me all god damn week I can get a vaccination because I live in a hotspot. 17/21

Finally, some real information. Where can you access your vaccine?
"Ontario Health Teams and hospital mobile clinics and pop-ups to be communicated directly to the community."
That& #39;s it. That& #39;s literally all the info. 18/21

Want to see when a mobile clinic or pop-up is coming to your neighbourhood? Good luck. No idea how to do that. Want to book an appointment? Literally not possible. You might as well wait on the corner like you& #39;re waiting for the fucking ice cream truck to drive by. 18/21

I get that there are all kinds of logistical bumps in a vaccine rollout. Especially when the provincial government has terrible communication and is constantly flying by the seat of its pants. 19/21

That& #39;s why this debacle happened - Ford decided (without communicating w/ PHUs) to unexpectedly announce ppl 18+ in hotspots could get vaccinated "soon" because he needed some good news to cover the fact that 25,000+ Ontarians are getting sick every week and 120+ are dying. 20/20

So maybe if @fordnation wants people 18-49 to stop complaining that booking a vaccine is confusing, he could stop lying about the availability of appointments and make booking one:
A) possible; and
B) less confusing.

#COVID19Ontario #onpoli #COVID19on #FordfailedOntario
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