Flu Shot Reminder
Friday, October 23, 2020 at 4:12PM Hello Islanders,
The Flu Shot Clinic is on Tuesday at the Firehall on Mission Road. The entrance is through the furthest bay door from the road so park on the street and walk down the cement apron to the pop-up tents.
You have your time slots if you preregistered at fluclinic@thetisislandfire.ca. It will be busy.
At the pop-up tent shelter you will be asked if you have a fever, feel ill, have tested positive or haven’t finished your isolation period after travel. We are bound by VIHA to ask these questions . We will have a hand sanitizer for you to use before you enter. You can wear your own mask that you use on the ferry and you must wear it when getting the shot, if you haven’t got one, you can get one from us before you enter. We will give you a number and call it out for your turn.
After your vaccination you are required to stick around for 15 minutes before driving home. Being Thetis, we are slightly different than other in-town flu clinics in that we want you to have as pleasant a time as possible after getting your jab. The TIVFD Auxiliary, with the support of the Community Fund, will offer you coffee and a commercially wrapped goodie, and you can sit at a table in the large bay (socially distanced) or have it in your car while you wait out the 15 minutes. You must exit out of the big bay side door. There will be signs.
We will also have a table set up where you can fill your own hand sanitizer bottles to take home. The TIVFD managed to obtain a five gallon pail donated by the Metchosin Fire Department for our use.
This sounds complicated, but it’s much like going grocery shopping these days. You just need a little extra time and patience, and you are saving a trip to town and hassles finding a pharmacy that can serve you.
Bring a jacket, because the open doors will make it cool while waiting.
See you on Tuesday.
Fire Chief Jeannine Caldbeck and the TIVFD members & Auxiliary
