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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My 70-year old relative got vaccinated this way -- they called her up without her even registering on a vaccine list. She's a patient at the hospital's cancer center.[/quote]

I am happy for your family. I dont begrudge anyone who is called , taking the appointment. Also, as mentioned above I dont begrudge special allotments for nursing homes and critically ill. However, there is going to be a group called up soon of the medically high risk, and then just people in other different categories. Will the ones who happen to be registered with the hospitals be the "lucky winners" who skip the crap DC web + telephone portals?

DC Government should make sure the hospitals vaccinate as many people as possible daily since they have a good set up for it,  but there should be ONE clearinghouse - the DC GOV portal a

nd phone line. They can set that up to prioritize whomever they wish, they can even connect patients like your relative to the preferred facility if they want to finesse it to keep patients with established providers as a sub group, but they need to be the center of distribution efforts. That is the only way to be transparent. And this precious vaccine demands transparency.[/quote]

Why should there only be one clearinghouse? Shots are shots. It's never going to meet everyone's idea of what is equitable or wise, at least while the supply is so limited. Homeless people aren't registering online or calling for hours and hours, so there are some shots dedicated to those folks. The lady above was a CANCER patient. I'm happy that hospitals are reaching out to their patients if they have extra vaccines.[/quote]

Because of PPs point in post directly above. "Healthy donor". Not EVERYONE getting them now is a CANCER patient, and if DC wanted CANCER patients (who I am incredobly sympathetic to) or homeless at the verymost front of the line, they could eaaily set that up based on their planning rationale. Right now they have created two confusing pools, people who are lucky to be on hospital lists and people who have to roll the dice on the crap DC GOV website and phone line.[/quote]

Yes, I am sure those cancer patients feel so lucky.

The point is to vax the most vulnerable to keep them from getting sick and flooding the healthcare system plus the frontline workers to keep essential services going. Then we move to the next group. Yes, there will be unethical people cutting the line and the city won’t catch them. Just like every other kind of govt benefit. [/quote]

Twist my words, OKAAY.  The point is to vax the most vulnerable  - thats what the city is ALREADY doing.  Why a separate system with ZERO  transparency? Guess you are already on " the list"?[/quote]

At the very bottom of the list, actually. And happy to be there if it means the most vulnerable and most essential are at the top.

Part of reaching the most vulnerable is using existing info - like hospital records - to identify and contact people like CANCER patients rather than rely on those people being able to access the system. Using multiple access points is basic.

I cannot believe you are arguing against giving cancer patients first dibs.[/quote]

Can you show me the published evidence (by the city) that having a separate pool of hospital patient signups (who could be registered with the hospital for a hangnail treatment) means cancer patients are guaranteed first fibs? Second, if the city wants cancer patients to have first dibs--why don't they put that in their plan for the whole city and operationalize it through the DC GOV sign up? Then ALL cancer patients could have first dibs. Last, when hospitals have innoculated all the cancer patients on their rolls (assuming that's true) - who is next? Where is the plan? What's the method of selection? This all sounds very MADE UP/Smoke and mirrors.[/quote]

What is your beef? Why are you so insistent that every appointment and shot flow through the DC portal? It's been a total crapshoot for the eligible (non-healthcare) folks I know who are trying to use it. I'm thrilled that hospitals have vaccine that they can distribute as they are able. I don't care if it's a cancer patient or a hangnail patient, though I assume hospitals have many more actually sick patients over 65 than they do hangnail victims over 65.[/quote]

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