When will DC pick up the pace on vaccinations?
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Anonymous
| It feels like things started out relatively well in DC (my dad scored one of the first wave of appointments for the 65+ set) but have fizzled out. I guess that supply dwindled maybe? Has anyone heard any updates about moving through the phases? I'm anxious for my 64.75 year old mother to get it, but at this point she'll age into the 65 priority group by the time things move... |
Anonymous
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DC is prioritizing health care workers, first responders, teachers, childcare workers, over 65, and over 65 in low-income zip codes. The over 65s are going to take a while, especially since DC is adding in these essential workers.
We are only getting 9-10K doses per week so they don't go far. There's not enough vaccine. |
Anonymous
| DC will pick up the pace when it is supplied with more vaccines weekly. The 'on the ground' isn't the hold up, it is the supply of the juice. |
Anonymous
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Not enough supply.
You think its hard now to get an appointment for a senior? Just wait to see how difficult it will be to score an appointment when DC expands the pool to those under 65 with pre-existing conditions. |
Anonymous
It's also prioritizing residents of other states in those categories. It's unclear to me if the percentage of the population innoculated statistic on the Post vaccine tracker is simply a count of shots administered relative to the DC total population that (innacurately) includes non DC persons, or if it is of shots adminjstered ONLY to actual residents..in either case your mom may have to get in line behind many categories of workers from other states (as well as anyone else as there is no requirement for non ID holders). |
Anonymous
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PP is correct. Please tell your mom to get in line behind the DCPS teachers who don’t live in DC and are STILL teaching online only— oh and wait for them to get their second shots too ok? The private school teachers who are DC residents and teaching in person are behind them too.
Sorry OP. I hope she gets one soon! |
Anonymous
Just FYI, only DCPS teachers scheduled to return to in-person learning are eligible for the shot right now. |
Anonymous
Yes, Im sorry too - but DC has made special arrangements for zooming MD and Va teachers, and has stated on their website they will continue to look out for lots of other types of "workers" - not necessarily DC residents- as vaccination unfolds. Residents and clear info for residents doesn't come uo a whole lot in the info they share, nor is the registration process easy for actual residents if you are not in some special and facilitated bucket (as your mom has found) |
Anonymous
Fair - but they plus the othets are a huge bucket of out of state residents for whom DC is generpusly facilitating vaccination. This week alone- "individuals who work in person for a licensed child care provider or an independent school that is located in the District will be eligible to book a vaccination appointment with One Medical. Earlier this week, OSSE contacted licensed child care providers and independent school leaders to begin collecting contact information for in-person staff. This contact information will be used to send an email to eligible employees with instructions for making an appointment." |
Anonymous
There is reciprocity with MD and VA for essential employees. Don't you want childcare workers who work in DC childcare centers to have the vaccine? I get that it's frustratingly slow for residents, but essential workers have always been higher on the list than 64 year olds. |
Anonymous
Also Maryland and maybe Virginia gave DC doses for essential workers (health workers in DC hospitals who live outside dc). |
Anonymous
Yes, 8K each at the beginning of the vaccine distribution |
Anonymous
Was this actually delivered? or is it aspirational? What was that figure based on? What about the next batch of MD/VA residents we vaccinate? Where is the transparent agreement and ledger to be found? OF COURSE I want the above workers vaccinated. They also have home states. They don't sleep in hovercraft and descend every day from the sky. If DC vaccinates out of state residents, it should be worked out equitably with those states, so as not to come at the expense of PPs mom getting a vaccination. Here's a parallel for you--should DC offer to fund Metro by ourselves, just to be nice? |
Anonymous
You need to reframe your thinking. PP's mom is GOING to get a vaccine, just not this week or next. OP's mom is not elderly, high-risk, a healthcare worker or a teacher, so she needs to wait her turn like everyone else. We've been told all along that the general population might be able to get a vaccine in spring time, and here it is the second day of February and you are pissed off. Healthcare workers are being vaccinated in the state they work - FACT Maryland and Virginia both gave 8K vaccines to DC for healthcare workers - FACT Teachers in all 3 states are being vaccinated in the state they work - FACT DC has started to offer appointments to licensed child care workers. Director Nesbitt said there will be reciprocity between the states for essential workers, though I am not sure anyone is vaccinating these folks yet. I recommend that you try to catch the Mayor's press conferences (usually Monday and Wednesday) as they give a lot of information and answer questions from reporters. You should remember that doses are allocated week by week, so priorities will continue to evolve. |
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