06-15-2021, 11:31 AM
(06-15-2021, 11:03 AM)jeffster Wrote: Something, somehow, has gone in this region where we have become one of the worst, not only for Covid, but also vaccination rates and uptake.
The province directed vaccines to the hotspots and Waterloo Region (among others) got short-changed. Then we got the Delta variant here, and the combination resulted in an increase of cases. This is by far the most likely scenario.
The regional vaccination rates are already up, Sunday was 5.5% of provincial total, about 40% higher than average. And I do not see any major issues with hesitancy in the region at this point (yes, there will be some groups but that is the case everywhere).
Mailers have been sent out before. Rushing out a new batch of mailers right now would likely take a week or two to arrive at people's homes. Add vaccination reservation delay and then a few weeks for it to have an impact, and you're looking at a month, an eternity in COVID terms.