Equity in vaccine distribution

[Anonymous]

For the moment, I don't much care about the micromanaging of prioritization as long as every single dose available gets used promptly. If all of this micromanaging starts to move away from actually using the doses available, then we have a problem.

[Anonymous]

PP - this is EXACTLY what is happening.

Look at NYT stats on vaccine. As of today - DC has only distributed 64% of the vaccines it ALREADY HAS!!

Bowser is holding it up in the name of equitable distribution. Which is a garbage argument as she has not broadened the approved group to folks with BMI of 30 plus.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For the moment, I don't much care about the micromanaging of prioritization as long as every single dose available gets used promptly. If all of this micromanaging starts to move away from actually using the doses available, then we have a problem.

Since DCs overall distribution rate of total vaccine allotted is also way low, apparently do have a problem with what you care about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PP - this is EXACTLY what is happening.

Look at NYT stats on vaccine. As of today - DC has only distributed 64% of the vaccines it ALREADY HAS!!

Bowser is holding it up in the name of equitable distribution. Which is a garbage argument as she has not broadened the approved group to folks with BMI of 30 plus.

If you protested this summer or have a sign on your yard, you have to be ok with this. This IS what equity looks like.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:PP - this is EXACTLY what is happening.

Look at NYT stats on vaccine. As of today - DC has only distributed 64% of the vaccines it ALREADY HAS!!

Bowser is holding it up in the name of equitable distribution. Which is a garbage argument as she has not broadened the approved group to folks with BMI of 30 plus.

If you protested this summer or have a sign on your yard, you have to be ok with this. This IS what equity looks like.

Given the crashed web + phone lines, Bowser should.probably set aside vaccine for residents only until we catch up with the other 50 states (in the name of equitable distribution). Would be relatively quick to vaccinate 500,000 folks and then she could start giving vaccine away again - maybe as a tourism incentive.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:PP - this is EXACTLY what is happening.

Look at NYT stats on vaccine. As of today - DC has only distributed 64% of the vaccines it ALREADY HAS!!

Bowser is holding it up in the name of equitable distribution. Which is a garbage argument as she has not broadened the approved group to folks with BMI of 30 plus.

If you protested this summer or have a sign on your yard, you have to be ok with this. This IS what equity looks like.

What do you mean? Equity does not mean withholding vaccines from cancer fighters because they don’t have the right skin color to advance a political agenda!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Obesity is not a risk factor - it is a life choice - like smoking.

Cancer - risk factor. Autoimmune deficiency - risk factor.

Many cancers have highly increased risk factors based on behavior.

Luckily you have no say in who is prioritized for vaccines whatsoever.

I guess you are obese, right. Well, I believe you can get vaccinated now - so once less thing for you to worry about!

And, per DC’s email today, if you are a chubby commuter from DC or MD you can get vaccinated in DC this Friday with the same appointment priority as a chubby Ward 3 resident.

So it’s clear that Ward 3 gets as least as much priority by the DC Gov’t as a no tax paying commuter.

You dont have to be a chubby commuter. A non chubby commuter gets as much priority as a chubby ward 3 resident. Isnt the dirty secret that peoole are using work addresses in DC who arent even commuting (ie working from home in MD/VA)? So I guess you dont even have to be a commuter to get as much priority as a chubby Ward 3 resident.

I’m not fully understanding this. Are you saying that teleworkers are getting their employer to brand them as “essential” in order for them to get the vaccine in DC? Which employers are doing this? We should start naming names. I know that my federal agency is not doing this- save for the on site security guards, everyone was advised to get their shot when eligible by age. Also from what I’ve heard it’s gotten a lot easier to get the vaccine in MD- I know a number of elderly folks and teachers who got spots at the six flags site. No idea about VA.

I have no problem with actual essential workers who have been working in person in DC, regardless of where they are communizing from, getting the vaccine. Getting them vaccinated helps everyone.

OMG. This is not complicated.

You DO NOT need to be a MD or VA essential worker to get a shot in DC right now. You only need a DC work zip code and you can schedule yourself a shot.

Even if you buy the very tenuous we should inoculate everybody reasoning that the Mayor has adopted, the fact of the matter is that non essential VA and MD workers are getting inoculated in DC using work addresses.

NP. Oh wow that’s cool, I’ll spread the word. Had no idea I was eligible just because I normally work in DC.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:PP - this is EXACTLY what is happening.

Look at NYT stats on vaccine. As of today - DC has only distributed 64% of the vaccines it ALREADY HAS!!

Bowser is holding it up in the name of equitable distribution. Which is a garbage argument as she has not broadened the approved group to folks with BMI of 30 plus.

If you protested this summer or have a sign on your yard, you have to be ok with this. This IS what equity looks like.

What do you mean? Equity does not mean withholding vaccines from cancer fighters because they don’t have the right skin color to advance a political agenda!

Ummm... Yes it does...

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Obesity is not a risk factor - it is a life choice - like smoking.

Cancer - risk factor. Autoimmune deficiency - risk factor.

Many cancers have highly increased risk factors based on behavior.

Luckily you have no say in who is prioritized for vaccines whatsoever.

I guess you are obese, right. Well, I believe you can get vaccinated now - so once less thing for you to worry about!

And, per DC’s email today, if you are a chubby commuter from DC or MD you can get vaccinated in DC this Friday with the same appointment priority as a chubby Ward 3 resident.

So it’s clear that Ward 3 gets as least as much priority by the DC Gov’t as a no tax paying commuter.

You dont have to be a chubby commuter. A non chubby commuter gets as much priority as a chubby ward 3 resident. Isnt the dirty secret that peoole are using work addresses in DC who arent even commuting (ie working from home in MD/VA)? So I guess you dont even have to be a commuter to get as much priority as a chubby Ward 3 resident.

I’m not fully understanding this. Are you saying that teleworkers are getting their employer to brand them as “essential” in order for them to get the vaccine in DC? Which employers are doing this? We should start naming names. I know that my federal agency is not doing this- save for the on site security guards, everyone was advised to get their shot when eligible by age. Also from what I’ve heard it’s gotten a lot easier to get the vaccine in MD- I know a number of elderly folks and teachers who got spots at the six flags site. No idea about VA.

I have no problem with actual essential workers who have been working in person in DC, regardless of where they are communizing from, getting the vaccine. Getting them vaccinated helps everyone.

OMG. This is not complicated.

You DO NOT need to be a MD or VA essential worker to get a shot in DC right now. You only need a DC work zip code and you can schedule yourself a shot.

Even if you buy the very tenuous we should inoculate everybody reasoning that the Mayor has adopted, the fact of the matter is that non essential VA and MD workers are getting inoculated in DC using work addresses.

NP. Oh wow that’s cool, I’ll spread the word. Had no idea I was eligible just because I normally work in DC.

PP is deliberately mischaracterizing this and they know it. Who would you like to see eliminated from this list- the grocery workers? Or childcare providers? Or healthcare workers? DC should be getting a larger share, I won’t argue with that.

https://coronavirus.dc.gov/vaccinatedc

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Obesity is not a risk factor - it is a life choice - like smoking.

Cancer - risk factor. Autoimmune deficiency - risk factor.

Many cancers have highly increased risk factors based on behavior.

Luckily you have no say in who is prioritized for vaccines whatsoever.

I guess you are obese, right. Well, I believe you can get vaccinated now - so once less thing for you to worry about!

And, per DC’s email today, if you are a chubby commuter from DC or MD you can get vaccinated in DC this Friday with the same appointment priority as a chubby Ward 3 resident.

So it’s clear that Ward 3 gets as least as much priority by the DC Gov’t as a no tax paying commuter.

You dont have to be a chubby commuter. A non chubby commuter gets as much priority as a chubby ward 3 resident. Isnt the dirty secret that peoole are using work addresses in DC who arent even commuting (ie working from home in MD/VA)? So I guess you dont even have to be a commuter to get as much priority as a chubby Ward 3 resident.

I’m not fully understanding this. Are you saying that teleworkers are getting their employer to brand them as “essential” in order for them to get the vaccine in DC? Which employers are doing this? We should start naming names. I know that my federal agency is not doing this- save for the on site security guards, everyone was advised to get their shot when eligible by age. Also from what I’ve heard it’s gotten a lot easier to get the vaccine in MD- I know a number of elderly folks and teachers who got spots at the six flags site. No idea about VA.

I have no problem with actual essential workers who have been working in person in DC, regardless of where they are communizing from, getting the vaccine. Getting them vaccinated helps everyone.

OMG. This is not complicated.

You DO NOT need to be a MD or VA essential worker to get a shot in DC right now. You only need a DC work zip code and you can schedule yourself a shot.

Even if you buy the very tenuous we should inoculate everybody reasoning that the Mayor has adopted, the fact of the matter is that non essential VA and MD workers are getting inoculated in DC using work addresses.

NP. Oh wow that’s cool, I’ll spread the word. Had no idea I was eligible just because I normally work in DC.

You are not. However, apparently people are wiggling through this loophole. If Bowser / DC cared to close it, then obviously they could.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Obesity is not a risk factor - it is a life choice - like smoking.

Cancer - risk factor. Autoimmune deficiency - risk factor.

Many cancers have highly increased risk factors based on behavior.

Luckily you have no say in who is prioritized for vaccines whatsoever.

I guess you are obese, right. Well, I believe you can get vaccinated now - so once less thing for you to worry about!

And, per DC’s email today, if you are a chubby commuter from DC or MD you can get vaccinated in DC this Friday with the same appointment priority as a chubby Ward 3 resident.

So it’s clear that Ward 3 gets as least as much priority by the DC Gov’t as a no tax paying commuter.

You dont have to be a chubby commuter. A non chubby commuter gets as much priority as a chubby ward 3 resident. Isnt the dirty secret that peoole are using work addresses in DC who arent even commuting (ie working from home in MD/VA)? So I guess you dont even have to be a commuter to get as much priority as a chubby Ward 3 resident.

I’m not fully understanding this. Are you saying that teleworkers are getting their employer to brand them as “essential” in order for them to get the vaccine in DC? Which employers are doing this? We should start naming names. I know that my federal agency is not doing this- save for the on site security guards, everyone was advised to get their shot when eligible by age. Also from what I’ve heard it’s gotten a lot easier to get the vaccine in MD- I know a number of elderly folks and teachers who got spots at the six flags site. No idea about VA.

I have no problem with actual essential workers who have been working in person in DC, regardless of where they are communizing from, getting the vaccine. Getting them vaccinated helps everyone.

OMG. This is not complicated.

You DO NOT need to be a MD or VA essential worker to get a shot in DC right now. You only need a DC work zip code and you can schedule yourself a shot.

Even if you buy the very tenuous we should inoculate everybody reasoning that the Mayor has adopted, the fact of the matter is that non essential VA and MD workers are getting inoculated in DC using work addresses.

NP. Oh wow that’s cool, I’ll spread the word. Had no idea I was eligible just because I normally work in DC.

PP is deliberately mischaracterizing this and they know it. Who would you like to see eliminated from this list- the grocery workers? Or childcare providers? Or healthcare workers? DC should be getting a larger share, I won’t argue with that.

https://coronavirus.dc.gov/vaccinatedc

healthcare workers and childcare providers have been offered opportunities to be vaccinated. The rest are all covered in their home states. I would like DC to ask them to seek their vaccine there. Why is this a problem?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:PP - this is EXACTLY what is happening.

Look at NYT stats on vaccine. As of today - DC has only distributed 64% of the vaccines it ALREADY HAS!!

Bowser is holding it up in the name of equitable distribution. Which is a garbage argument as she has not broadened the approved group to folks with BMI of 30 plus.

If you protested this summer or have a sign on your yard, you have to be ok with this. This IS what equity looks like.

What do you mean? Equity does not mean withholding vaccines from cancer fighters because they don’t have the right skin color to advance a political agenda!

Ummm... Yes it does...

Umm. No - that is racism actually. Why not distribute the vaccines regardless of race?

There is 36% of DC allotment sitting somewhere as folks die. Insane.

[Anonymous]

^ Do you see? Every state was granted vaccines for their resident populations and has a plan to vaccinate them. DC stupidly did not coordinate our phases in the exact same order as MD and VA, but they are fairly close. If DC vaccinated DC residents, just like MD and VA are focusing on theirs, everyone including essential workers would get their vaccine in a fairly similar order. For example. MD and VA are currently vaccinating grocery workers. So why on earth is DC offering to do it for them?

"Though hailed as “heroes” early in the pandemic, the nation’s 3 million grocery workers lag other essential workers when it comes to vaccine priority. Just 13 states — including Maryland, Virginia, California, New York and Pennsylvania — have begun inoculating such employees as the broader vaccine rollout is hampered by widespread delays, according to the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, which represents 800,000 U.S. grocery employees"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/02/18/grocery-workers-vaccine-delays/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP - this is EXACTLY what is happening.

Look at NYT stats on vaccine. As of today - DC has only distributed 64% of the vaccines it ALREADY HAS!!

Bowser is holding it up in the name of equitable distribution. Which is a garbage argument as she has not broadened the approved group to folks with BMI of 30 plus.

If you protested this summer or have a sign on your yard, you have to be ok with this. This IS what equity looks like.

What do you mean? Equity does not mean withholding vaccines from cancer fighters because they don’t have the right skin color to advance a political agenda!

Ummm... Yes it does...

Umm. No - that is racism actually. Why not distribute the vaccines regardless of race?

There is 36% of DC allotment sitting somewhere as folks die. Insane.

We’ve got a moral duty to redress injustice and access to vaccines is just one way to begin to pay this debt. Later this year this country will have a conversation about broader reparations.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:PP - this is EXACTLY what is happening.

Look at NYT stats on vaccine. As of today - DC has only distributed 64% of the vaccines it ALREADY HAS!!

Bowser is holding it up in the name of equitable distribution. Which is a garbage argument as she has not broadened the approved group to folks with BMI of 30 plus.

If you protested this summer or have a sign on your yard, you have to be ok with this. This IS what equity looks like.

What do you mean? Equity does not mean withholding vaccines from cancer fighters because they don’t have the right skin color to advance a political agenda!

Ummm... Yes it does...

Umm. No - that is racism actually. Why not distribute the vaccines regardless of race?

There is 36% of DC allotment sitting somewhere as folks die. Insane.

We’ve got a moral duty to redress injustice and access to vaccines is just one way to begin to pay this debt. Later this year this country will have a conversation about broader reparations.

Do you have nothing better to do than troll?