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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Of course I understand the statistics, but the metric isn't really that valuable.[b] It's not a zero sum game in which every shot only benefits the recipient.[/b] The more vaccine that goes into the DMV, the better. The fact that we have porous borders with MD and VA means that we are all interdependent. I[b] don't give a crap where my kid's teachers sleep at night as long as they get their damned shots and our DC school will finally open up.[/b]

There is a similar issue with a large percentage of NY shots going to NJ residents who come into NYC to work. 
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I can't think of a single person who don't want teachers (who are in person) to be priority.

But PP - if you are a DC resident - you must understand that Bowser's stats and benchmarks for reopening schools fully and allowing HS sports for example, are based partially on hospitalizations.

As we all know - hospitalizations are going way down due, in part to vaccines.

So, it is worth noting that the folks in DC hospitals are NOT necessarily residents of the city much like a large portion of DC allocated vaccines went to VA/MD residents.

And unless hospitalizations are going down - your child will not be in school 5 days with his/her teachers in person.
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I am following your thought PP== yes, the resident/out of state DC stats are very confused right now, and they are basing a lot of policy on them which ripples out to affect a lot of people including school opening decisions. If they are going to vaccinate/hospitalize sizable numbers of out of staters AT THE VERY LEAST disaggregate the statistics. Right now, fact finders like NBC news and City Paper are doing that work, and it is not reflected on national data tracker engines like the CDCs or in the stats released by DC Health/GOV.[/quote]

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