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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Friend who lives in MD got it in DC bc she got her social work license there (doesn't practice in DC)[/quote]

Well, at least that's not lying. But claiming you live somewhere you don't and then relying on them not to check is really shitty.[/quote]

I'm not sure she had to claim to live in DC? Isn't the city vaccinating health care workers, teachers etc from other states? All she had to do was have her license. AGAIN, did they account for this in the dosage requests--or will residents who actually live here simply come last?[/quote]

O/PP here. In the section as to her residence she (the MIL) entered her daughter's address. The social worker, on the other hand, sounds like she was following directions. [/quote]

I can understand if you 'stay' with your family part of the year and are elderly; I don't think coming down JUST for the vaccine is ethical. However, that's on DC for not clarifying and checking.
In terms of vaccinating healthcare and other workers from other states (I believe construction is up next? VERY FEW construction workers are DC residents) - I have a problem with that if DC just asked for enough vaccine to vaccinate residents. This means they are giving away residents' vaccines.[/quote]

DC is requesting all the vaccine it can get and continues to ask for more. We got a 15 percent bump for 3 weeks. Healthcare workers are vaccinated in the facility where they work. [b]I have no beef with people who work in DC getting a DC shot[/b]. It is crappy that a few bad apples are trying to scam shots for their relatives in DC, but I have to imagine there aren't too many of those folks. As a country, we will benefit from all Americans getting the vaccine, so I guess we should keep eyes on the prize.[/quote]

[b]The population of DC triples each day with incoming workforce.[/b] You have no problem with those folks getting vaccine before DC residents, rather than in their own state? OK.[/quote]

Are these non-residents all over 65? That's who's eligible now in DC. [/quote]

As well as NON-65 years olds in certain professions, like health care and teachers. Next, they will move to construction workers. I have zero issue with vaccinating non-DC residents [b]IF[/b] DC accounted for that in their numbers when they put in requests for vaccine allocations. Did they?  :shock: [/quote]

Why are you shocked? Yes, I'm sure DC knows how many healthcare workers Sibley Hospital has, and how many teachers (public, charter and independent) in DC, and is accounting for them.  I know VA is also vaccinating non-VA residents who teach in VA schools. When I (DC resident) went to the (DC) hospital two weeks ago for my colonoscopy, I didn't care what state the nurse anaesthetist lived in; I cared that he had been vaccinated.

I am not privvy to the way that states request vaccine from the federal supply, but until you can prove that people's grammas coming here from PA are causing significant shortages in DC supply, I am going to say that it doesn't matter much.
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You're "sure"? [/quote]

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