DC is dead last in percentage of residents vaccinated.

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Let's be real here.

I am willing to bet that, relatively speaking, very FEW folks live in DC and then travel elsewhere to work in the DMV compared to VA and MD residents coming in.

DC is taking the brunt of Bowser and her leadership failures.

Have you looked at how many DC residents were tested for Covid vs the number of tests given?

Our COVID hospitalizations are not due to DC residents either.

And yet - criteria from these "goal posts" keep our kids out of school and the city remains shut down

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Anonymous wrote:Let's be real here.

I am willing to bet that, relatively speaking, very FEW folks live in DC and then travel elsewhere to work in the DMV compared to VA and MD residents coming in.

DC is taking the brunt of Bowser and her leadership failures.

Have you looked at how many DC residents were tested for Covid vs the number of tests given?

Our COVID hospitalizations are not due to DC residents either.

And yet - criteria from these "goal posts" keep our kids out of school and the city remains shut down

Yes--the numbers "kept" by the city have been dreadfully opaque. They do not make clear - at all-- which statistics are residents and which are out of state. It's taking investigative journalism (not enough IMO, but thankfully some) to do this. And as you astutely point out, the city meanwhile bases policy on garbage data.

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Anonymous wrote:DC change the priority rules today:
https://wtop.com/coronavirus/2021/02/dc-coronavirus-update-february-18/

DC should vaccinate all essential workers or people with these conditions who live in DC . The issue is vaccine supply. If DC is giving 38% to 1/2 away to out of staters, may be hard to get a spot in the queue as a resident.

If a daycare workers lives in MD or VA but still works with our kid in DC you are not helping anybody in the DC community by denying them a vaccine if they want it. The virus doesn’t care which jurisdiction you live in.

disagree. if DC is vaccinating 20-something daycare workers from Virginia, but not **much higher risk** 55-65 year old DC residents, that is a massive failure of DC to care for its own.

It's okay to disagree on priorities, but it's not a "massive failure" to vaccinate workers who provide essential services to DC families. 59 percent of DC's deaths were people 70+, and below that the numbers fall off. We can't cherry pick the most worthy recipients out of broad population groups. Hopefully the high-risk 55 year olds will be able to snag a shot in the next couple of weeks when we move to health conditions, which are both broad and self reported.

yes, it is a massive failure to prioritize lower-risk over higher risk people. I’m not sure why this is even a question.

Then you have an extremely poor understanding of the purpose of a vaccination campaign. It's not just to vaccinate all people over 55; it is also to reduce community spread and ensure that our society continues to function. As pointed out elsewhere, the DC sanitation workers are young, strong and work outside, but we are deeply f-ed if they all fall sick.

Show me where DC has engaged in that rationale. Because what I actually see reported is that interest groups are agitating to get added based on political power and not actual risk assessment. We’re a year into the pandemic, and public services like sanitation are running just fine. There have been no breakdowns in essential services due to outbreaks. So that’s a canard. But people 55+ are still dying every day, whereas 40 and under have died in tiny, tiny numbers. It’s nonsensical to claim we are protecting the DC population by vaccinating 20-something daycare workers and overweight 30 year olds.

As I stated upthread - we can't cherry pick among populations. Do you know why DC did 65+ instead of 75+? Because the median age for death in Ward 8 is 68, while it is 80-something in Ward 2. They wanted to catch the high risk 68-year old, EVEN THOUGH it meant that perfectly healthy white 66-year olds in AU Park were going to snag a vaccine, too. Trying to get it perfectly is the enemy of trying to get it done quickly and efficiently.

PS moving to comorbities will make a huge difference in the percentage of DC residents vaxxed since there are 160,000 eligible in this group, all DC residents. For comparison, 20,000 teachers and staff.

Agree to not cherry picking. Also understand the next group of high risk medical conditions includes younger people who may - sadly-have lesser life spans so 16-65 is fine by me. However, the issue is not DC triaging, its DC's offering a sizable portion of DCs vaccine allotted to residents to non-residents. Going forward, unless neighboring states donate more vaccine (which they are politely declining to do) or more is secured from the Feds (they are saying "no" as well), vaccinate triaged DC residents (grocery workers, sanitation workers etc.) and ask those that are residents of MD and VA to get vaccinated in their home states - which are also following phased CDC guidelines. Is it wokeness that caused DC to think it could simply vaccinate everyone in the DMV when they have their own states? I don't understand the thinking/planning behind it-truly.

We are not vaccinating "everyone in the DMV"!!! Why do you have to resort to hyperbole if you have an actual point? If you teach or nurse or clean teeth or sell groceries in DC, you get a shot in DC. If you do those things in Virginia, you get a Virginia shot. Why is that hard to understand? Are people in Fairfax flipping out because their teachers live in cheaper Maryland but got a VA shot? No, they are happy their teachers are getting vaccinated and no longer have an excuse not to teach.

I guess you have not looked at DCs phased plan *sigh*. Basically, every category of worker except unemployed is covered-whether they are a resident or out of state! Do you know who is last on the list? "DC residents who do not fall in the category above". The fact that you call something factual "hyperbole" shows how alarming DC's approach is, so thanks for confirming that.

I looked at the list, and anyone who teleworks is not included, on ANY list. So that includes tens of thousands of MD and VA residents who work "in" DC but will have to be vaccinated in their own states.

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https://wtop.com/coronavirus/2021/02/dc-coronavirus-update-february-18/

DC should vaccinate all essential workers or people with these conditions who live in DC . The issue is vaccine supply. If DC is giving 38% to 1/2 away to out of staters, may be hard to get a spot in the queue as a resident.

If a daycare workers lives in MD or VA but still works with our kid in DC you are not helping anybody in the DC community by denying them a vaccine if they want it. The virus doesn’t care which jurisdiction you live in.

disagree. if DC is vaccinating 20-something daycare workers from Virginia, but not **much higher risk** 55-65 year old DC residents, that is a massive failure of DC to care for its own.

It's okay to disagree on priorities, but it's not a "massive failure" to vaccinate workers who provide essential services to DC families. 59 percent of DC's deaths were people 70+, and below that the numbers fall off. We can't cherry pick the most worthy recipients out of broad population groups. Hopefully the high-risk 55 year olds will be able to snag a shot in the next couple of weeks when we move to health conditions, which are both broad and self reported.

yes, it is a massive failure to prioritize lower-risk over higher risk people. I’m not sure why this is even a question.

Then you have an extremely poor understanding of the purpose of a vaccination campaign. It's not just to vaccinate all people over 55; it is also to reduce community spread and ensure that our society continues to function. As pointed out elsewhere, the DC sanitation workers are young, strong and work outside, but we are deeply f-ed if they all fall sick.

Show me where DC has engaged in that rationale. Because what I actually see reported is that interest groups are agitating to get added based on political power and not actual risk assessment. We’re a year into the pandemic, and public services like sanitation are running just fine. There have been no breakdowns in essential services due to outbreaks. So that’s a canard. But people 55+ are still dying every day, whereas 40 and under have died in tiny, tiny numbers. It’s nonsensical to claim we are protecting the DC population by vaccinating 20-something daycare workers and overweight 30 year olds.

As I stated upthread - we can't cherry pick among populations. Do you know why DC did 65+ instead of 75+? Because the median age for death in Ward 8 is 68, while it is 80-something in Ward 2. They wanted to catch the high risk 68-year old, EVEN THOUGH it meant that perfectly healthy white 66-year olds in AU Park were going to snag a vaccine, too. Trying to get it perfectly is the enemy of trying to get it done quickly and efficiently.

PS moving to comorbities will make a huge difference in the percentage of DC residents vaxxed since there are 160,000 eligible in this group, all DC residents. For comparison, 20,000 teachers and staff.

Agree to not cherry picking. Also understand the next group of high risk medical conditions includes younger people who may - sadly-have lesser life spans so 16-65 is fine by me. However, the issue is not DC triaging, its DC's offering a sizable portion of DCs vaccine allotted to residents to non-residents. Going forward, unless neighboring states donate more vaccine (which they are politely declining to do) or more is secured from the Feds (they are saying "no" as well), vaccinate triaged DC residents (grocery workers, sanitation workers etc.) and ask those that are residents of MD and VA to get vaccinated in their home states - which are also following phased CDC guidelines. Is it wokeness that caused DC to think it could simply vaccinate everyone in the DMV when they have their own states? I don't understand the thinking/planning behind it-truly.

We are not vaccinating "everyone in the DMV"!!! Why do you have to resort to hyperbole if you have an actual point? If you teach or nurse or clean teeth or sell groceries in DC, you get a shot in DC. If you do those things in Virginia, you get a Virginia shot. Why is that hard to understand? Are people in Fairfax flipping out because their teachers live in cheaper Maryland but got a VA shot? No, they are happy their teachers are getting vaccinated and no longer have an excuse not to teach.

I guess you have not looked at DCs phased plan *sigh*. Basically, every category of worker except unemployed is covered-whether they are a resident or out of state! Do you know who is last on the list? "DC residents who do not fall in the category above". The fact that you call something factual "hyperbole" shows how alarming DC's approach is, so thanks for confirming that.

I looked at the list, and anyone who teleworks is not included, on ANY list. So that includes tens of thousands of MD and VA residents who work "in" DC but will have to be vaccinated in their own states.

I'm sure DC is carefully scrutinizing that

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Anonymous wrote:DC change the priority rules today:
https://wtop.com/coronavirus/2021/02/dc-coronavirus-update-february-18/

DC should vaccinate all essential workers or people with these conditions who live in DC . The issue is vaccine supply. If DC is giving 38% to 1/2 away to out of staters, may be hard to get a spot in the queue as a resident.

If a daycare workers lives in MD or VA but still works with our kid in DC you are not helping anybody in the DC community by denying them a vaccine if they want it. The virus doesn’t care which jurisdiction you live in.

disagree. if DC is vaccinating 20-something daycare workers from Virginia, but not **much higher risk** 55-65 year old DC residents, that is a massive failure of DC to care for its own.

It's okay to disagree on priorities, but it's not a "massive failure" to vaccinate workers who provide essential services to DC families. 59 percent of DC's deaths were people 70+, and below that the numbers fall off. We can't cherry pick the most worthy recipients out of broad population groups. Hopefully the high-risk 55 year olds will be able to snag a shot in the next couple of weeks when we move to health conditions, which are both broad and self reported.

yes, it is a massive failure to prioritize lower-risk over higher risk people. I’m not sure why this is even a question.

Then you have an extremely poor understanding of the purpose of a vaccination campaign. It's not just to vaccinate all people over 55; it is also to reduce community spread and ensure that our society continues to function. As pointed out elsewhere, the DC sanitation workers are young, strong and work outside, but we are deeply f-ed if they all fall sick.

Show me where DC has engaged in that rationale. Because what I actually see reported is that interest groups are agitating to get added based on political power and not actual risk assessment. We’re a year into the pandemic, and public services like sanitation are running just fine. There have been no breakdowns in essential services due to outbreaks. So that’s a canard. But people 55+ are still dying every day, whereas 40 and under have died in tiny, tiny numbers. It’s nonsensical to claim we are protecting the DC population by vaccinating 20-something daycare workers and overweight 30 year olds.

As I stated upthread - we can't cherry pick among populations. Do you know why DC did 65+ instead of 75+? Because the median age for death in Ward 8 is 68, while it is 80-something in Ward 2. They wanted to catch the high risk 68-year old, EVEN THOUGH it meant that perfectly healthy white 66-year olds in AU Park were going to snag a vaccine, too. Trying to get it perfectly is the enemy of trying to get it done quickly and efficiently.

PS moving to comorbities will make a huge difference in the percentage of DC residents vaxxed since there are 160,000 eligible in this group, all DC residents. For comparison, 20,000 teachers and staff.

Agree to not cherry picking. Also understand the next group of high risk medical conditions includes younger people who may - sadly-have lesser life spans so 16-65 is fine by me. However, the issue is not DC triaging, its DC's offering a sizable portion of DCs vaccine allotted to residents to non-residents. Going forward, unless neighboring states donate more vaccine (which they are politely declining to do) or more is secured from the Feds (they are saying "no" as well), vaccinate triaged DC residents (grocery workers, sanitation workers etc.) and ask those that are residents of MD and VA to get vaccinated in their home states - which are also following phased CDC guidelines. Is it wokeness that caused DC to think it could simply vaccinate everyone in the DMV when they have their own states? I don't understand the thinking/planning behind it-truly.

We are not vaccinating "everyone in the DMV"!!! Why do you have to resort to hyperbole if you have an actual point? If you teach or nurse or clean teeth or sell groceries in DC, you get a shot in DC. If you do those things in Virginia, you get a Virginia shot. Why is that hard to understand? Are people in Fairfax flipping out because their teachers live in cheaper Maryland but got a VA shot? No, they are happy their teachers are getting vaccinated and no longer have an excuse not to teach.

I guess you have not looked at DCs phased plan *sigh*. Basically, every category of worker except unemployed is covered-whether they are a resident or out of state! Do you know who is last on the list? "DC residents who do not fall in the category above". The fact that you call something factual "hyperbole" shows how alarming DC's approach is, so thanks for confirming that.

I looked at the list, and anyone who teleworks is not included, on ANY list. So that includes tens of thousands of MD and VA residents who work "in" DC but will have to be vaccinated in their own states.

I'm sure DC is carefully scrutinizing that

But yes, that distinction is good. The issue is that people who telework will presumably eventually return to work, or will want to be vaccinated to return to work and claim that is their intention. This is reasonable, but it should be done in the home state unless more vaccine is provided to DC. Frankly, I think the ship has sailed. It was a good idea in theory that did not work out in practice, and each state should take responsibility for their own residents.

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Anonymous wrote:DC change the priority rules today:
https://wtop.com/coronavirus/2021/02/dc-coronavirus-update-february-18/

DC should vaccinate all essential workers or people with these conditions who live in DC . The issue is vaccine supply. If DC is giving 38% to 1/2 away to out of staters, may be hard to get a spot in the queue as a resident.

If a daycare workers lives in MD or VA but still works with our kid in DC you are not helping anybody in the DC community by denying them a vaccine if they want it. The virus doesn’t care which jurisdiction you live in.

disagree. if DC is vaccinating 20-something daycare workers from Virginia, but not **much higher risk** 55-65 year old DC residents, that is a massive failure of DC to care for its own.

It's okay to disagree on priorities, but it's not a "massive failure" to vaccinate workers who provide essential services to DC families. 59 percent of DC's deaths were people 70+, and below that the numbers fall off. We can't cherry pick the most worthy recipients out of broad population groups. Hopefully the high-risk 55 year olds will be able to snag a shot in the next couple of weeks when we move to health conditions, which are both broad and self reported.

yes, it is a massive failure to prioritize lower-risk over higher risk people. I’m not sure why this is even a question.

Then you have an extremely poor understanding of the purpose of a vaccination campaign. It's not just to vaccinate all people over 55; it is also to reduce community spread and ensure that our society continues to function. As pointed out elsewhere, the DC sanitation workers are young, strong and work outside, but we are deeply f-ed if they all fall sick.

Show me where DC has engaged in that rationale. Because what I actually see reported is that interest groups are agitating to get added based on political power and not actual risk assessment. We’re a year into the pandemic, and public services like sanitation are running just fine. There have been no breakdowns in essential services due to outbreaks. So that’s a canard. But people 55+ are still dying every day, whereas 40 and under have died in tiny, tiny numbers. It’s nonsensical to claim we are protecting the DC population by vaccinating 20-something daycare workers and overweight 30 year olds.

As I stated upthread - we can't cherry pick among populations. Do you know why DC did 65+ instead of 75+? Because the median age for death in Ward 8 is 68, while it is 80-something in Ward 2. They wanted to catch the high risk 68-year old, EVEN THOUGH it meant that perfectly healthy white 66-year olds in AU Park were going to snag a vaccine, too. Trying to get it perfectly is the enemy of trying to get it done quickly and efficiently.

PS moving to comorbities will make a huge difference in the percentage of DC residents vaxxed since there are 160,000 eligible in this group, all DC residents. For comparison, 20,000 teachers and staff.

Agree to not cherry picking. Also understand the next group of high risk medical conditions includes younger people who may - sadly-have lesser life spans so 16-65 is fine by me. However, the issue is not DC triaging, its DC's offering a sizable portion of DCs vaccine allotted to residents to non-residents. Going forward, unless neighboring states donate more vaccine (which they are politely declining to do) or more is secured from the Feds (they are saying "no" as well), vaccinate triaged DC residents (grocery workers, sanitation workers etc.) and ask those that are residents of MD and VA to get vaccinated in their home states - which are also following phased CDC guidelines. Is it wokeness that caused DC to think it could simply vaccinate everyone in the DMV when they have their own states? I don't understand the thinking/planning behind it-truly.

We are not vaccinating "everyone in the DMV"!!! Why do you have to resort to hyperbole if you have an actual point? If you teach or nurse or clean teeth or sell groceries in DC, you get a shot in DC. If you do those things in Virginia, you get a Virginia shot. Why is that hard to understand? Are people in Fairfax flipping out because their teachers live in cheaper Maryland but got a VA shot? No, they are happy their teachers are getting vaccinated and no longer have an excuse not to teach.

I guess you have not looked at DCs phased plan *sigh*. Basically, every category of worker except unemployed is covered-whether they are a resident or out of state! Do you know who is last on the list? "DC residents who do not fall in the category above". The fact that you call something factual "hyperbole" shows how alarming DC's approach is, so thanks for confirming that.

I looked at the list, and anyone who teleworks is not included, on ANY list. So that includes tens of thousands of MD and VA residents who work "in" DC but will have to be vaccinated in their own states.

I'm sure DC is carefully scrutinizing that

Well, head on over to Virginia for a vaccine, then. All you need is an address to sign up and they won't ask for proof of residency. They also understand that it's in all of our interests to get as many people vaccinated as quickly as possible without throwing up too many barriers.

[Anonymous]

Everyone needs to calm down. Vaccine envy and hysteria is at fever pitch right now, but all signs point to there being plenty of vaccine for those who need it most by springtime. Cases are falling dramatically, which decreases risk for those who can't be vaccinated yet. By all means, continue to press the government to be accountable and transparent, but everyone in the region is working towards the same goal.

We are fortunate in the US to have so much vaccine; see the article about the Philippines in today's post if you want to get some perspective.

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Anonymous wrote:DC change the priority rules today:
https://wtop.com/coronavirus/2021/02/dc-coronavirus-update-february-18/

DC should vaccinate all essential workers or people with these conditions who live in DC . The issue is vaccine supply. If DC is giving 38% to 1/2 away to out of staters, may be hard to get a spot in the queue as a resident.

If a daycare workers lives in MD or VA but still works with our kid in DC you are not helping anybody in the DC community by denying them a vaccine if they want it. The virus doesn’t care which jurisdiction you live in.

disagree. if DC is vaccinating 20-something daycare workers from Virginia, but not **much higher risk** 55-65 year old DC residents, that is a massive failure of DC to care for its own.

It's okay to disagree on priorities, but it's not a "massive failure" to vaccinate workers who provide essential services to DC families. 59 percent of DC's deaths were people 70+, and below that the numbers fall off. We can't cherry pick the most worthy recipients out of broad population groups. Hopefully the high-risk 55 year olds will be able to snag a shot in the next couple of weeks when we move to health conditions, which are both broad and self reported.

yes, it is a massive failure to prioritize lower-risk over higher risk people. I’m not sure why this is even a question.

Then you have an extremely poor understanding of the purpose of a vaccination campaign. It's not just to vaccinate all people over 55; it is also to reduce community spread and ensure that our society continues to function. As pointed out elsewhere, the DC sanitation workers are young, strong and work outside, but we are deeply f-ed if they all fall sick.

Show me where DC has engaged in that rationale. Because what I actually see reported is that interest groups are agitating to get added based on political power and not actual risk assessment. We’re a year into the pandemic, and public services like sanitation are running just fine. There have been no breakdowns in essential services due to outbreaks. So that’s a canard. But people 55+ are still dying every day, whereas 40 and under have died in tiny, tiny numbers. It’s nonsensical to claim we are protecting the DC population by vaccinating 20-something daycare workers and overweight 30 year olds.

As I stated upthread - we can't cherry pick among populations. Do you know why DC did 65+ instead of 75+? Because the median age for death in Ward 8 is 68, while it is 80-something in Ward 2. They wanted to catch the high risk 68-year old, EVEN THOUGH it meant that perfectly healthy white 66-year olds in AU Park were going to snag a vaccine, too. Trying to get it perfectly is the enemy of trying to get it done quickly and efficiently.

PS moving to comorbities will make a huge difference in the percentage of DC residents vaxxed since there are 160,000 eligible in this group, all DC residents. For comparison, 20,000 teachers and staff.

Agree to not cherry picking. Also understand the next group of high risk medical conditions includes younger people who may - sadly-have lesser life spans so 16-65 is fine by me. However, the issue is not DC triaging, its DC's offering a sizable portion of DCs vaccine allotted to residents to non-residents. Going forward, unless neighboring states donate more vaccine (which they are politely declining to do) or more is secured from the Feds (they are saying "no" as well), vaccinate triaged DC residents (grocery workers, sanitation workers etc.) and ask those that are residents of MD and VA to get vaccinated in their home states - which are also following phased CDC guidelines. Is it wokeness that caused DC to think it could simply vaccinate everyone in the DMV when they have their own states? I don't understand the thinking/planning behind it-truly.

We are not vaccinating "everyone in the DMV"!!! Why do you have to resort to hyperbole if you have an actual point? If you teach or nurse or clean teeth or sell groceries in DC, you get a shot in DC. If you do those things in Virginia, you get a Virginia shot. Why is that hard to understand? Are people in Fairfax flipping out because their teachers live in cheaper Maryland but got a VA shot? No, they are happy their teachers are getting vaccinated and no longer have an excuse not to teach.

I guess you have not looked at DCs phased plan *sigh*. Basically, every category of worker except unemployed is covered-whether they are a resident or out of state! Do you know who is last on the list? "DC residents who do not fall in the category above". The fact that you call something factual "hyperbole" shows how alarming DC's approach is, so thanks for confirming that.

I looked at the list, and anyone who teleworks is not included, on ANY list. So that includes tens of thousands of MD and VA residents who work "in" DC but will have to be vaccinated in their own states.

I'm sure DC is carefully scrutinizing that

Well, head on over to Virginia for a vaccine, then. All you need is an address to sign up and they won't ask for proof of residency. They also understand that it's in all of our interests to get as many people vaccinated as quickly as possible without throwing up too many barriers.

I think most of know eventually there will be an accounting for line skippers. It may be tempting now, but most of us would like to follow a legal and ethical process. I am sure those that don't will eventually see repercussions when the dust settles. As they should.

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Anonymous wrote:Everyone needs to calm down. Vaccine envy and hysteria is at fever pitch right now, but all signs point to there being plenty of vaccine for those who need it most by springtime. Cases are falling dramatically, which decreases risk for those who can't be vaccinated yet. By all means, continue to press the government to be accountable and transparent, but everyone in the region is working towards the same goal.

We are fortunate in the US to have so much vaccine; see the article about the Philippines in today's post if you want to get some perspective.

If DC continues to use only half of its vaccine on residents I would say "by springtime" is not a reasonable forecast.

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Anonymous wrote:Everyone needs to calm down. Vaccine envy and hysteria is at fever pitch right now, but all signs point to there being plenty of vaccine for those who need it most by springtime. Cases are falling dramatically, which decreases risk for those who can't be vaccinated yet. By all means, continue to press the government to be accountable and transparent, but everyone in the region is working towards the same goal.

We are fortunate in the US to have so much vaccine; see the article about the Philippines in today's post if you want to get some perspective.

No, everyone is not working towards the same goal. DC health officials are being swayed by special interests for political reasons, and failing to get the vaccine to the most vulnerable populations. It's all smoke and mirrors, but they can claim to be making choices to ensure "equity" while not actually ... doing anything to achieve equity.

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As of Feb. 20, 3.1 percent of D.C. residents have been fully vaccinated, according to the D.C. government tracker. That so few D.C. residents have gotten vaccinated is agitating some. Vaccine providers in the District have fully vaccinated 22,073 D.C. residents and 24,838 non-D.C. residents.

https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/509252/why...-c-residents-fully-vaccinated/

Mayor Muriel Bowser acknowledged how frustrating it can be for D.C. residents to see our data when they compare it to other states who are fully vaccinating more of their own residents. She basically said the virus knows no borders, so she is not going to deny D.C.’s essential workers vaccines based on their residency. “We are so interconnected … It’s not enough to have us be there and not have Maryland and Virginia,” said Bowser during the Thursday presser. “I would tell residents to look at our numbers, but also look at what’s happening in the region because that impacts our health, that impacts our hospitalizations and the function of our capacity in the city.”

Note: D.C. is prioritizing its own residents because a majority of doses are being directed to D.C.’s seniors and then to residents with specific medical conditions, said Shah in an interview with City Paper.

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Anonymous wrote:Let's be real here.

I am willing to bet that, relatively speaking, very FEW folks live in DC and then travel elsewhere to work in the DMV compared to VA and MD residents coming in.

DC is taking the brunt of [s]Bowser and her leadership failures.[/s]
federal failings: to control the pandemic, and to ship more vaccine to DC. (DC is good at getting doses to people.)

The problem is that DC is not a state and thus has little federal influence. Make DC a state.


p.s. I don't think Bowser is great either and we need a new mayor/governor. But the real problem is that DC is not a state, and the federal government has failed to control COVID for a year.

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Anonymous wrote:As of Feb. 20, 3.1 percent of D.C. residents have been fully vaccinated, according to the D.C. government tracker. That so few D.C. residents have gotten vaccinated is agitating some. Vaccine providers in the District have fully vaccinated 22,073 D.C. residents and 24,838 non-D.C. residents.

https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/509252/why...-c-residents-fully-vaccinated/

Mayor Muriel Bowser acknowledged how frustrating it can be for D.C. residents to see our data when they compare it to other states who are fully vaccinating more of their own residents. She basically said the virus knows no borders, so she is not going to deny D.C.’s essential workers vaccines based on their residency. “We are so interconnected … It’s not enough to have us be there and not have Maryland and Virginia,” said Bowser during the Thursday presser. “I would tell residents to look at our numbers, but also look at what’s happening in the region because that impacts our health, that impacts our hospitalizations and the function of our capacity in the city.”

Note: D.C. is prioritizing its own residents because a majority of doses are being directed to D.C.’s seniors and then to residents with specific medical conditions, said Shah in an interview with City Paper.

How is DC prioritizing and not prioritizing its own residents--as reflected in the stats? You can't have it both ways.

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Anonymous wrote:As of Feb. 20, 3.1 percent of D.C. residents have been fully vaccinated, according to the D.C. government tracker. That so few D.C. residents have gotten vaccinated is agitating some. Vaccine providers in the District have fully vaccinated 22,073 D.C. residents and 24,838 non-D.C. residents.

https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/509252/why...-c-residents-fully-vaccinated/

Mayor Muriel Bowser acknowledged how frustrating it can be for D.C. residents to see our data when they compare it to other states who are fully vaccinating more of their own residents. She basically said the virus knows no borders, so she is not going to deny D.C.’s essential workers vaccines based on their residency. “We are so interconnected … It’s not enough to have us be there and not have Maryland and Virginia,” said Bowser during the Thursday presser. “I would tell residents to look at our numbers, but also look at what’s happening in the region because that impacts our health, that impacts our hospitalizations and the function of our capacity in the city.”

Note: D.C. is prioritizing its own residents because a majority of doses are being directed to D.C.’s seniors and then to residents with specific medical conditions, said Shah in an interview with City Paper.

Note that 23% of MoCo's vaccines have been given to non County residents as well. Stop with the victim complex.

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The irony of Bowser's statements on the DMV being interconnected and wanting DC to be a state is clear.

Maryland and Virginia do not establish policies based on DC residents. Yet Bowser has done just that.

As the PP states, you can't govern when the "victim card" is all your rely upon.