Ward 3 has secret COVID vaccine sites for Ward 3 Only! Not on the DC register!

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Anonymous wrote:DC has been vaccinating our emergency personnel, health care workers and now DCPS teachers without regard to where they actually live. So those of you in surrounding suburbs (or PA for many firemen) you are welcome. We are happy to have them go first before actual residents of DC and share our limited vaccines with your residents.

I agree it makes sense to vaccinate people who work in the district. However, the home address should be noted and there should be reciprocity.

PP here adding on--

The DC workforce triples every day. From nurses, to EMTs, to teachers, to grocery workers, to construction workers--many folks from MD + VA come in to the District to work. If DC is planning to vaccinate all of these workers by job title regardless of home state, did they request triple the number of vaccines from the FEDS?

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Anonymous wrote:The Giant Pharmacy in Columbia Heights said they are giving out any leftover vaccine doses each day to seniors who are waiting around 3pm.

I cant believe DC wants to be a state and can't organize the distribution of vaccines to 700,000 residents in a transparent, organized fashion.

Which state is doing a better job at organizing the distribution in a transparent and effective fashion, exactly? The whole thing is a mess everywhere. Mostly because the supply is too low, which is the federal government's problem, not any individual state (or city)'s.

ummm...West Virginia, North Dakota...

OK, yes, you're right: Alaska, West Virginia, Connecticut, New Mexico and North Dakota are doing better. Those are the only states that are. So why should D.C.'s vaccination program be disqualifying for statehood?

A city as small as ours, with the obvious existing demand, should not end up with doses going to seniors "hanging around a Giant " at the end of the day. And no I dont want them wasted. But they should have better systems in place to make sure it doesnt come to that. Just one example.

No jurisdiction of any size has come up with a good system to distribute unexpected leftover doses (which come up partly from no-shows, which you obviously can’t plan for) of a vaccine that has a 6-hour shelf life once you open the vial and has 10 doses per vial, as the Moderna one the Giant pharmacies are using does. They don’t know they have unused doses until the end of the day, and they can’t take the chance that they won’t find someone to take them.

But even if unused doses was a problem that was easily solved, it’s still not a reason we shouldn’t be a state, which is what the PP said.

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Anonymous wrote:The Giant Pharmacy in Columbia Heights said they are giving out any leftover vaccine doses each day to seniors who are waiting around 3pm.

I cant believe DC wants to be a state and can't organize the distribution of vaccines to 700,000 residents in a transparent, organized fashion.

Which state is doing a better job at organizing the distribution in a transparent and effective fashion, exactly? The whole thing is a mess everywhere. Mostly because the supply is too low, which is the federal government's problem, not any individual state (or city)'s.

ummm...West Virginia, North Dakota...

OK, yes, you're right: Alaska, West Virginia, Connecticut, New Mexico and North Dakota are doing better. Those are the only states that are. So why should D.C.'s vaccination program be disqualifying for statehood?

A city as small as ours, with the obvious existing demand, should not end up with doses going to seniors "hanging around a Giant " at the end of the day. And no I dont want them wasted. But they should have better systems in place to make sure it doesnt come to that. Just one example.

No jurisdiction of any size has come up with a good system to distribute unexpected leftover doses (which come up partly from no-shows, which you obviously can’t plan for) of a vaccine that has a 6-hour shelf life once you open the vial and has 10 doses per vial, as the Moderna one the Giant pharmacies are using does. They don’t know they have unused doses until the end of the day, and they can’t take the chance that they won’t find someone to take them.

But even if unused doses was a problem that was easily solved, it’s still not a reason we shouldn’t be a state, which is what the PP said.

Here's an idea: Stand-by list, like at the airport. If you don't get called, you are guaranteed first the next day. Solved that for you.

[Anonymous]

DCHealth finally updated its COVID by Ward numbers. Ward 8 is a disaster. Has nothing to do with Ward 3 seniors trekking across town. The residents just don't want the shots.

Ward 3 8,723 (with its no vaccination points and only on elite citizen day policy is still leading the way at 8,723 seniors vaccinated(
Ward 4 4,911 (with its we are the Mayors zip so will will shoehorn ourselves in there with Ward 8 follows with 4,911)
Ward 2 3,735
Ward 6 3,394
Ward 5 2,780
Ward 1 2,452
Ward 7 1,982
Ward 8 1,258 (Don't tell us that there is a COVID)

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Can we just admit that Ward 8 does not want the shots now?

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Maybe we could admit that a lot of people in Ward 8 don't have home computers, have limited data and minutes on their phones, and don't have an easy way to get to the vaccination sites?

I think a lot of this will get easier with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine where public health staff can just go to senior buildings east of the river and vaccinate people on the spot.

Yes, there are people hesitant to get the vaccine and it's probably disproportionately higher in Wards 7 & 8. But I don't think that's the only issue.

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Anonymous wrote:Can we just admit that Ward 8 does not want the shots now?

Yes, there is lots of (not unreasonable) distrust by poor, Black residents of the medical establishment. All the more reason that we need to make appointments particularly accessible and make sure that Black medical and scientific experts are talking to them, answering their questions, and providing reassurance.

[Anonymous]

Unfortunately, the virus is not waiting. Bowser’s experiment - blocking access to certain seniors based on zip codes - did not work. It’s time to prioritize getting the vaccine to as many folks as we can as quickly as possible.

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Anonymous wrote:DCHealth finally updated its COVID by Ward numbers. Ward 8 is a disaster. Has nothing to do with Ward 3 seniors trekking across town. The residents just don't want the shots.

Ward 3 8,723 (with its no vaccination points and only on elite citizen day policy is still leading the way at 8,723 seniors vaccinated(
Ward 4 4,911 (with its we are the Mayors zip so will will shoehorn ourselves in there with Ward 8 follows with 4,911)
Ward 2 3,735
Ward 6 3,394
Ward 5 2,780
Ward 1 2,452
Ward 7 1,982
Ward 8 1,258 (Don't tell us that there is a COVID)

Yeah, definitely the only reason Ward 4 is in the priority Zip code list is because the mayor lives there, certainly not because it's had the most covid-19 positive cases of any ward in the city (nearly three times the Ward 3 rate) or three times as many deaths as Ward 3.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe we could admit that a lot of people in Ward 8 don't have home computers, have limited data and minutes on their phones, and don't have an easy way to get to the vaccination sites?

I think a lot of this will get easier with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine where public health staff can just go to senior buildings east of the river and vaccinate people on the spot.

Yes, there are people hesitant to get the vaccine and it's probably disproportionately higher in Wards 7 & 8. But I don't think that's the only issue.

God... You really still believe the old trope that poor black people in Ward 8 don't have computers?

It is 2021. You are officially clueless.

And you haven't been to Ward 8 since you moved to DC and went there to get mumbo sauce to check that box.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Unfortunately, the virus is not waiting. Bowser’s experiment - blocking access to certain seniors based on zip codes - did not work. It’s time to prioritize getting the vaccine to as many folks as we can as quickly as possible.

The rate of vaccination is not being slowed by the zip code strategy. We only get 10,000 doses per week (11K this week) from the federal government, and there is plenty of vaccinating capacity.

Seniors in affluent areas are getting plenty of vaccine, as evidenced by the data.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:DCHealth finally updated its COVID by Ward numbers. Ward 8 is a disaster. Has nothing to do with Ward 3 seniors trekking across town. The residents just don't want the shots.

Ward 3 8,723 (with its no vaccination points and only on elite citizen day policy is still leading the way at 8,723 seniors vaccinated(
Ward 4 4,911 (with its we are the Mayors zip so will will shoehorn ourselves in there with Ward 8 follows with 4,911)
Ward 2 3,735
Ward 6 3,394
Ward 5 2,780
Ward 1 2,452
Ward 7 1,982
Ward 8 1,258 (Don't tell us that there is a COVID)

Yeah, definitely the only reason Ward 4 is in the priority Zip code list is because the mayor lives there, certainly not because it's had the most covid-19 positive cases of any ward in the city (nearly three times the Ward 3 rate) or three times as many deaths as Ward 3.

Also, Ward 4 has almost as many seniors as Ward 3.

[Anonymous]

PS they are experimenting this week with a church vaccination clinic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PS they are experimenting this week with a church vaccination clinic.

But I thought that the reason that regular doctors, not in hospitals with large facilities, could not give the vaccines was because they did not have the equipment to keep the vaccines cold.

I suppose that the Church's in Ward 7 can use their big pot luck refrigerators.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:PS they are experimenting this week with a church vaccination clinic.

But I thought that the reason that regular doctors, not in hospitals with large facilities, could not give the vaccines was because they did not have the equipment to keep the vaccines cold.

I suppose that the Church's in Ward 7 can use their big pot luck refrigerators.

Ward 8 residents don't eat pot luck. Let alone take a vaccine from a pot luck refrigerator.