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

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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.

The Moderna vaccines, which are the ones being used in Giant/Safeway/etc. pharmacies, can be stored in normal freezers for short periods of time. The Pfizer ones have to stay in ultra-cold facilities the whole time.

They need to open sites in Ward 3. What a terrible message they've sent to some residents.

There is a site in Ward 3! And Ward 3 seniors are doing a GREAT job of getting vaccinated. The terrible message is that affluent and white people, as usual, will get the majority of any resource that is scarce.

Where is the site?

safeway

The only feedback I've heard on this "site " is limited appointment/appoibtments being canceled/lack of vaccine. #notequitable

Yes, that happens everywhere, because there aren't enough vaccine doses anywhere to go around. My parents had an appointment canceled in Ward 4 because the system scheduled it for them at a site that was closed on the day it was scheduled. If your concern is that everyone has an equitable chance of finding the system lousy and frustrating, don't worry!

There is (Possibly) one site with very little vaccination capacity in ward 3. That actually does not happen "everywhere". But thanks.

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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.

The Moderna vaccines, which are the ones being used in Giant/Safeway/etc. pharmacies, can be stored in normal freezers for short periods of time. The Pfizer ones have to stay in ultra-cold facilities the whole time.

They need to open sites in Ward 3. What a terrible message they've sent to some residents.

There is a site in Ward 3! And Ward 3 seniors are doing a GREAT job of getting vaccinated. The terrible message is that affluent and white people, as usual, will get the majority of any resource that is scarce.

Where is the site?

safeway

The only feedback I've heard on this "site " is limited appointment/appoibtments being canceled/lack of vaccine. #notequitable

What determines equity is not how many vaccine sites there are in a given ward, though. It's how many people eligible in a given ward are being vaccinated -- and what share of the vaccinations each ward makes up. By that standard, Ward 3 is doing just fine.

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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.

The Moderna vaccines, which are the ones being used in Giant/Safeway/etc. pharmacies, can be stored in normal freezers for short periods of time. The Pfizer ones have to stay in ultra-cold facilities the whole time.

They need to open sites in Ward 3. What a terrible message they've sent to some residents.

There is a site in Ward 3! And Ward 3 seniors are doing a GREAT job of getting vaccinated. The terrible message is that affluent and white people, as usual, will get the majority of any resource that is scarce.

Where is the site?

safeway

The only feedback I've heard on this "site " is limited appointment/appoibtments being canceled/lack of vaccine. #notequitable

What determines equity is not how many vaccine sites there are in a given ward, though. It's how many people eligible in a given ward are being vaccinated -- and what share of the vaccinations each ward makes up. By that standard, Ward 3 is doing just fine.

Hmmm...you don't know what equity means...interesting.

Does anybody know officially why there is only one vaccination site in Ward 3?

If we don't like the optic of rich seniors trapesing across town to SE, where are they supposed to sigh up to get the shots in Cleveland Park, Tenleytown, Friendship Heights. There can't possibly really be no locations there. (AU Park? Spring Valley?)

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Anonymous wrote:

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.

The Moderna vaccines, which are the ones being used in Giant/Safeway/etc. pharmacies, can be stored in normal freezers for short periods of time. The Pfizer ones have to stay in ultra-cold facilities the whole time.

They need to open sites in Ward 3. What a terrible message they've sent to some residents.

There is a site in Ward 3! And Ward 3 seniors are doing a GREAT job of getting vaccinated. The terrible message is that affluent and white people, as usual, will get the majority of any resource that is scarce.

Where is the site?

safeway

The only feedback I've heard on this "site " is limited appointment/appoibtments being canceled/lack of vaccine. #notequitable

What determines equity is not how many vaccine sites there are in a given ward, though. It's how many people eligible in a given ward are being vaccinated -- and what share of the vaccinations each ward makes up. By that standard, Ward 3 is doing just fine.

Hmmm...you don't know what equity means...interesting.

Does anybody know officially why there is only one vaccination site in Ward 3?

If we don't like the optic of rich seniors trapesing across town to SE, where are they supposed to sigh up to get the shots in Cleveland Park, Tenleytown, Friendship Heights. There can't possibly really be no locations there. (AU Park? Spring Valley?)

Stop complaining about Ward 3 not having access. You are disgusting.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

The Moderna vaccines, which are the ones being used in Giant/Safeway/etc. pharmacies, can be stored in normal freezers for short periods of time. The Pfizer ones have to stay in ultra-cold facilities the whole time.

They need to open sites in Ward 3. What a terrible message they've sent to some residents.

There is a site in Ward 3! And Ward 3 seniors are doing a GREAT job of getting vaccinated. The terrible message is that affluent and white people, as usual, will get the majority of any resource that is scarce.

Where is the site?

safeway

The only feedback I've heard on this "site " is limited appointment/appoibtments being canceled/lack of vaccine. #notequitable

What determines equity is not how many vaccine sites there are in a given ward, though. It's how many people eligible in a given ward are being vaccinated -- and what share of the vaccinations each ward makes up. By that standard, Ward 3 is doing just fine.

Hmmm...you don't know what equity means...interesting.

Does anybody know officially why there is only one vaccination site in Ward 3?

If we don't like the optic of rich seniors trapesing across town to SE, where are they supposed to sigh up to get the shots in Cleveland Park, Tenleytown, Friendship Heights. There can't possibly really be no locations there. (AU Park? Spring Valley?)

Stop complaining about Ward 3 not having access. You are disgusting.

You must not understand what "access' means.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

The Moderna vaccines, which are the ones being used in Giant/Safeway/etc. pharmacies, can be stored in normal freezers for short periods of time. The Pfizer ones have to stay in ultra-cold facilities the whole time.

They need to open sites in Ward 3. What a terrible message they've sent to some residents.

There is a site in Ward 3! And Ward 3 seniors are doing a GREAT job of getting vaccinated. The terrible message is that affluent and white people, as usual, will get the majority of any resource that is scarce.

Where is the site?

safeway

The only feedback I've heard on this "site " is limited appointment/appoibtments being canceled/lack of vaccine. #notequitable

What determines equity is not how many vaccine sites there are in a given ward, though. It's how many people eligible in a given ward are being vaccinated -- and what share of the vaccinations each ward makes up. By that standard, Ward 3 is doing just fine.

Hmmm...you don't know what equity means...interesting.

Does anybody know officially why there is only one vaccination site in Ward 3?

If we don't like the optic of rich seniors trapesing across town to SE, where are they supposed to sigh up to get the shots in Cleveland Park, Tenleytown, Friendship Heights. There can't possibly really be no locations there. (AU Park? Spring Valley?)

Stop complaining about Ward 3 not having access. You are disgusting.

You must not understand what "access' means.

"NOUN
a means of approaching or entering a place."

Everyone in the city has access to the same web + phone sign up mechanism. Oh, and the Mayor sent sign up teams to knock door to door in Ward 8, and is opening a Church parishioner clinic. Ward 3 has fewer "sign-up days" and no sites. I think you mean Ward 3 has "curtailed access". Yes, [i]that is disgusting.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

The Moderna vaccines, which are the ones being used in Giant/Safeway/etc. pharmacies, can be stored in normal freezers for short periods of time. The Pfizer ones have to stay in ultra-cold facilities the whole time.

They need to open sites in Ward 3. What a terrible message they've sent to some residents.

There is a site in Ward 3! And Ward 3 seniors are doing a GREAT job of getting vaccinated. The terrible message is that affluent and white people, as usual, will get the majority of any resource that is scarce.

Where is the site?

safeway

The only feedback I've heard on this "site " is limited appointment/appoibtments being canceled/lack of vaccine. #notequitable

What determines equity is not how many vaccine sites there are in a given ward, though. It's how many people eligible in a given ward are being vaccinated -- and what share of the vaccinations each ward makes up. By that standard, Ward 3 is doing just fine.

Hmmm...you don't know what equity means...interesting.

Does anybody know officially why there is only one vaccination site in Ward 3?

If we don't like the optic of rich seniors trapesing across town to SE, where are they supposed to sigh up to get the shots in Cleveland Park, Tenleytown, Friendship Heights. There can't possibly really be no locations there. (AU Park? Spring Valley?)

Stop complaining about Ward 3 not having access. You are disgusting.

You are kind of clueless? Has anybody ever told you that?

The Ward 3 residents are "making" access by driving to Ward 8 etc. Exactly what the city claims now it is trying to prevent, hence the shift to churches etc.

My question is where would you like the Ward 3 residents to get their vaccines. They are going to get them. They want them. They will seek them out. So where do you want them to get their vaccinations.

Ward 8 on the other hand has TONS of access. They are simply not interested.

That is the problem that you should be trying to solve. Not feeling sad that Ward 3 seniors are trekking across town.

Oh and what happens once we work our way through the ones that drive and have ones left that would rather walk?

[Anonymous]

1) Ward 8 residents are fearful of vaccines. The health system in the US has never recovered from Tuskeegee.

2) DC does not have a "shortage" of vaccines relative to its ability to distribute them. According to the NYT, only 2/3 of it's available vaccines have been administered.

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Anonymous wrote:1) Ward 8 residents are fearful of vaccines. The health system in the US has never recovered from Tuskeegee.

2) DC does not have a "shortage" of vaccines relative to its ability to distribute them. According to the NYT, only 2/3 of it's available vaccines have been administered.

Ward 8 also has a council member who has publicly expressed doubt about the vaccine. Has Trayon been vaccinated? Has he lifted a finger to help his constituents who want to get vaccinated? His name is never brought up. His endorsement could go a long way.

[Anonymous]

Let’s not forget Kamala Harris as late as October 2020 throwing doubt all over any vaccine that Trump was involved with.

She of course changed her mind, but the damage was done.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Let’s not forget Kamala Harris as late as October 2020 throwing doubt all over any vaccine that Trump was involved with.

She of course changed her mind, but the damage was done.

Kamala Harris was fervently anti COVID vaccine until it became her problem. But that is real politic. I don't imagine that she would venture into Ward 8 though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:1) Ward 8 residents are fearful of vaccines. The health system in the US has never recovered from Tuskeegee.

2) DC does not have a "shortage" of vaccines relative to its ability to distribute them. According to the NYT, only 2/3 of it's available vaccines have been administered.

D.C. does have a shortage of vaccines, because it's holding some in reserve as second doses for people who got the first doses -- and even if it weren't, 1/3 of the available vaccines wouldn't meet the current demand.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Let’s not forget Kamala Harris as late as October 2020 throwing doubt all over any vaccine that Trump was involved with.

She of course changed her mind, but the damage was done.

Kamala Harris was fervently anti COVID vaccine until it became her problem. But that is real politic. I don't imagine that she would venture into Ward 8 though.

You don't imagine she would venture into Ward 8 -- which is where she got the vaccine, you mean?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:1) Ward 8 residents are fearful of vaccines. The health system in the US has never recovered from Tuskeegee.

2) DC does not have a "shortage" of vaccines relative to its ability to distribute them. According to the NYT, only 2/3 of it's available vaccines have been administered.

D.C. does have a shortage of vaccines, because it's holding some in reserve as second doses for people who got the first doses -- and even if it weren't, 1/3 of the available vaccines wouldn't meet the current demand.

Federal government, both Biden and previously Trump have told local governments NOT to hold doses in reserve for the second shots as the Federal government is accounting for second doses and holding doses back simply slows the process down. This is old news.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1) Ward 8 residents are fearful of vaccines. The health system in the US has never recovered from Tuskeegee.

2) DC does not have a "shortage" of vaccines relative to its ability to distribute them. According to the NYT, only 2/3 of it's available vaccines have been administered.

D.C. does have a shortage of vaccines, because it's holding some in reserve as second doses for people who got the first doses -- and even if it weren't, 1/3 of the available vaccines wouldn't meet the current demand.

Federal government, both Biden and previously Trump have told local governments NOT to hold doses in reserve for the second shots as the Federal government is accounting for second doses and holding doses back simply slows the process down. This is old news.

DC is close to the national average of vaccines given - 65 percent vs the national average of 69 percent. I don't know if DC is withholding second doses, but with a mere 10K doses per week, there isn't a lot of wiggle room as compared with states that have hundreds of thousands of doses not given. I know Anne Arundal county had to cancel second dose appointments due to lack of vaccine, which is terrible.