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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP -  The people do NOT want the shots!!  Why is hard to
Accept  this FACT??

The vaccine is made available to certain Wards  FIRST - that means if the city gets allocated X amount - the first group is the selected zip codes (for Bowser votes) and then a smaller allotment to the horrible, terrible,  Ward 4 people.[/quote]

People DO want the shots, numbnuts. I have been trying for weeks to get an appointment for my friend in Ward 5. None available.[/quote]

You need the magic Internet powers only available in Ward 3.[/quote]

You do realize there actually are fewer people with internet access in certain wards, right? No one is suggesting that NO ONE in Wards 7 or 8 has internet access, just that it's less common than in other wards (presumably due to income levels because internet access costs money).[/quote]
Read the post a few back. Connectivity in DC is very high, even among poor people. This is not the reason. [/quote]

DC isn't rural, so sure, most places can access internet service (which is what the previous poster posted), but that's different from who actually pays for service. About 25% of DC residents don't have broadband access, but those numbers are more like 65% in Wards 5, 7, and 8 (numbers from the DC government). I think we can fairly assume that numbers are lower than that for the elderly who are less likely to use the internet overall. That places probably half the people you're trying to reach at a significant disadvantage, and you can't hand wave that away by saying "connectivity in DC is very high."[/quote]

This is actually a fake statistic that even DC has revised.

99% of Washingtonians have broadband access of 100mbps or faster. In fact there are only approximately 3000 people in the city who do not have access to some sort of internet. Certainly not enough to create a digital divide.

Of those 3000 people in the city, I am not sure the breakout into the number in Ward 8 and the number of those who are 65 or over.

But I do believe like another poster suggested that we need to stop assuming that Ward 8 grammas are somehow computer illiterate.[/quote]

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