Not my usual “Saturday Snap” photo today but instead, a screen shot of someone on Reddit saying they had a good experience at my branch getting their booster shot and also picking up a box of rapid tests.
So strange to hear stories from Ontario of people lining up at liquor stores or other weird distribution glitches in other provinces when libraries are the absolute perfect place to distribute rapid tests – they’re one of the few places that specializes in giving out high volumes of things for free to a wide assortment of people across all socioeconomic classes, we generally have more space than pharmacies or other retail outlets so people don’t have to line-up outside, we have evening and weekend hours, we’re a trusted, neutral (well, “aspiring to neutrality” I always say which is a separate conversation) institution that doesn’t have the commercial or social issue overtones like you do when using pharmacies or liquor stores (though of course, having as many distribution points as possible is good too.).
(I guess also strange to see a nice comment on Reddit without any references to weird inside jokes, bitcoin or Bernie Sanders!) 😉
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