Frustration builds as walk-in vaccination offer draws crowd – CBC

Many in line at College Square Loblaws say wait-list system doesn’t appear to be working

Apr 26, 2021

Hundreds of people braved the early morning chill to line up outside an Ottawa grocery store Monday after hearing the pharmacy inside was offering doses of a COVID-19 vaccine on a first-come, first-served basis.

But many of those waiting outside the College Square Loblaws on Baseline Road said they’d put their names on waiting lists for a vaccine once they became eligible under provincial rules, only to hear about the walk-in offer online through the group Vaccine Hunters Canada.

“It’s kind of frustrating. Obviously the wait-list system doesn’t seem to be working,” noted Gordon McGregor, who said he headed to the store just minutes after the alert went out. Despite arriving early, he was 94th in line.

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