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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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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Okay, but I fail to see what could be done differently? Force hospitals to break out cases by residency and then open schools based on the percentage of DC residents hospitalized? That seems stupid. It goes back to the same idea that the DMV is in many ways a single region that happens to cross state lines.[/quote]

Why is collecting data and basing policy on it "stupid"?  You collect every kind of info from people in hospitals. You can't record and tally their home state??[/quote]

But I fail to see how DC students are more or less safe based on the home address of those hospitalized (unless they were travelers from foreign countries). As long as people can drive and metro in and out, the virus flows freely no matter what state you reside in.[/quote]

DC residents have been pretty low key since March. Our kids are not "mingling: with all the people who drive and metro in and out. School kids would see the folks in their school, sports and neighborhood communities--just like they have throughout the pandemic. The school would obviously need to explain what mitigation and restriction it required from families returning to school live. Since DC kids mostly see DC residents (like their parents and neighbors) would be GREAT if the Mayor could focus on vaccinating DC residents. The rate of vax is shockingly low.[/quote]

LOL if you think that DC residents only come into contact with other DC residents who only ever interact with DC residents and we all live in an isolated bubble. This is why public health policy isn't set by people like you.[/quote]

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