When will DC pick up the pace on vaccinations?
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Anonymous
Does the DC Covid -Website say the priority is residents AND workers? -FACT Did DC set up special set-aside appointment for healthcare workers and teachers from other states? - FACT Do you think many more people come in to DC to work than drive out? - FACT Does DC not require ID at all? - FACT Do you think 8,000 doses covers that? -FACT Do you think we should see some actual numbers and accounting? -FACT |
Anonymous
| ^ you obviously don't know what a fact is and are just making things up. |
Anonymous
It was 16,000 doses - I don't know why I should bother giving you actual numbers if you just ignore them |
Anonymous
Oh, THANK YOU for the numbers. Hope you are not too worn out. Has DC confirmed receipt? How does 16,000 compare to the numbers of out of state they have /plan to vaccinate? |
Anonymous
That is what it's supposed to be. But DC teachers who are listed as in-person learning by their administration are eligible for shots. There are schools that listed their teachers as in-person just in case they have to go in in the future. But they are continuing to work virtually while receiving a vaccine. |
Anonymous
Thank you for clarifying. Anyone who thinks DC Gov is keeping close track.of any of this is hitting the pipe. |
Anonymous
Who cares? We want all the teachers vaccinated, all the nurses, all the daycare workers, all the grocery store folks. Line them up and give them the goddamned shot! |
Anonymous
You are completely missing the point of why vaccinating all the people everywhere (when they have their own state to carry this out) could slow vaccinations for DC residents including teachers, daycare workers and grocery store folks. If DC is requesting sufficient doses and deploying ample personnel to account for this and also innoculate residents efficiently it's one thing, but there is zero evidence they have . |
Anonymous
No, YOU are missing the point. The point is to vaccinate all of America and the world. Teachers and healthcare workers are being vaccinated where they work, across all three states. I know teachers who live in DC who have been vaccinated at their schools in VA. This is appropriate since they are teaching Virginia kids. Essential workers were earmarked as a priority group by the CDC since they are both at higher risk and come into contact with more people every day. People like OP's mom, who is 64 and not an essential worker are not getting vaccinated right now in ANY state. The whole point of this thread is "pick up the pace." We need more vaccines, everywhere. The virus is mutating and thousands of Americans are dying every day. Contact your councilmember if you are looking for the details of where shots are going and the reciprocity agreements with our neighboring states. |
Anonymous
My councilmember wouldn't know. it should all be published on the DCGOV Covid information site, managed by the Dept. of Health. |
Anonymous
Many more workers come into DC than go out. To protect the actual population of DC, you will need to vax the actual population at some point. It is completely fair as a resident of DC to ask where you are in the chain, what the statistics are and why. This isn't about good karma, it's about working as a DMV (which is complicated) to vaccinate essential workers AND others. For example, the elderly and high risk residents of each area (who DON'T have an option to shop for vaccines in a neighboring state). If this is about good karma, DC should offer free parking to the entire DMV and foot the bill for metro. Also, let out of staters enroll in Duke Ellington and not go after them for tuition. Etc. We are a tax-paying District and residents in the District should ALSO be taken care of. |
Anonymous
YOUR DC TAX DOLLARS DON'T PAY FOR THE VACCINE!!!! SMDH |
Anonymous
Our DC officials are elected to look out for DC residents. The vaccine is free, but there are both administrative costs (which may be reimbursed down the road) and a LIMITED number of both vaccines and personnel/sites to administer the shots. There are lots of ways wards, municipalities, districts, states and regions look out for THEIR residents. Sometimes there is overlap, sometimes there isn't. Why, pray tell, are people fussing that too many MoCo are going to PG for shots, or Ward 3 to Ward 8 if it's all the same? This is hard, but not impossible to find the appropriate public health balance in a TRANSPARENT, PUBLISHED way. |
Anonymous
DC is now behind Wyoming.... 
We appear to be slowing down. Latest WAPO Vax ranking: American Samoa 10,062 18.1% 9.5% Republic of Palau 3,109 17.4% 6.8% Alaska 126,381 17.3% 7.8% Guam 27,647 16.7% 6.4% Northern Mariana Islands 8,604 15.1% 11.6% West Virginia 248,992 13.9% 7.8% New Mexico 286,538 13.7% 6.1% Connecticut 473,106 13.3% 5.4% North Dakota 99,364 13% 6.2% Maine 172,725 12.8% 5.3% Arizona 907,448 12.5% 3.8% South Dakota 109,875 12.4% 5.7% Wyoming 71,653 12.4% 4.7% Wisconsin 709,908 12.2% 4% Oklahoma 477,378 12.1% 5.1% Indiana 810,046 12% 4.9% District of Columbia 84,740 12% 5.2% |
Anonymous
I agree. I guarantee you that my teacher neighbor (DC resident, btw) is more likely to go back to teach in person if she is vaccinated. She was denied the shot, by the way, because she's not in person yet. As she should have been according to the rules, but as a parent with kids in school, I am all for vaccinating all teachers and then requiring them to work. Aren't you? |