[TorqueDog]

If the time elapsed since your second dose is greater than six months, you can book. Period. That's all the criteria that there needs to be for the general population, aside from those who will get boosters earlier due to special circumstances.

There just isn't a single good excuse not to allow all ages to start booking their booster once they're past six months from their most recent dose, whenever that was.

- releasing it by age again prevents 'rewarding queue jumpers'
This is a health issue, the idea that this qualifies as 'rewarding queue jumpers' shouldn't even factor into the thought process. We cancelled cancer surgeries for unvaccinated ####heads, but apparently a few queue-jumpers who still did the right thing for society is a bridge too far? We know that six months is the point at which most people should start receiving boosters. Plenty of people were vaccinated in other jurisdictions that released shots for younger age groups earlier than Alberta did, and it doesn't make sense to disadvantage them because some people cheated the system.

- someone 60 years of age 6 months post shot 2 is vulnerable compared to a 30 year old in the same situation.
Except in cases of the immunocompromised, someone 60 years of age will hit their 6 months post shot 2 and be eligible to book before the 30 year old person anyway, so this isn't an obstacle.

- You’re at higher risk of hospitalization with age. The purpose is to reduce the amount of hospitalizations.
Being better protected yourself means you're less likely to become symptomatic, spread the virus, etc. which also protects older people you may be spending time around. Let's not pretend people are still not visiting grandparents and etc. like they were when this whole thing started. People are spending time with their loved ones.

- Most people in the lower age range aren't post 6 months. Grandma shouldn't have to compete with the computer savvy 30 somethings.
So then what's the problem? If they aren't post 6 months then Grandma won't be competing with them in the first place. The whole point is anybody who is post 6 months from their second dose should be able to book their booster.

I qualify for my booster already. But this is just stupid policy, it's weird to think Manitoba is handling it better than us.