Health officials say it takes a couple of weeks for vaccines to provide protection. McLean’s father was one of 700 people expected to receive a vaccine at the clinic Monday, the first day that it was open to the public. Non-Indigenous people age 90 and over and Indigenous people 65 and older were eligible for appointments starting Monday. Bruce McLean said it was a relief to get his first dose of the Pfizer vaccine. “Before I got this shot, if I was to catch that virus, I’m done for. But now — even in the million-to-one shot that I might catch it — I think I could probably survive it,” he said.