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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]PP is correct. Please tell your mom to get in line behind the DCPS teachers who don’t live in DC and are STILL teaching online only— oh and wait for them to get their second shots too ok? The private school teachers who are DC residents and teaching in person are behind them too.

Sorry OP. I hope she gets one soon!  [/quote]

Just FYI, only DCPS teachers scheduled to return to in-person learning are eligible for the shot right now. [/quote]

Fair - but they plus the othets are a huge bucket of out of state residents for whom DC is generpusly facilitating vaccination. This week alone-

"individuals who work in person for a licensed child care provider or an independent school that is located in the District will be eligible to book a vaccination appointment with One Medical. Earlier this week, OSSE contacted licensed child care providers and independent school leaders to begin collecting contact information for in-person staff. This contact information will be used to send an email to eligible employees with instructions for making an appointment."[/quote]

There is reciprocity with MD and VA for essential employees. Don't you want childcare workers who work in DC childcare centers to have the vaccine? I get that it's frustratingly slow for residents, but essential workers have always been higher on the list than 64 year olds. [/quote]

Also Maryland and maybe Virginia gave DC doses for essential workers (health workers in DC hospitals who live outside dc).[/quote]

[b]Yes, 8K each at the beginning of the vaccine distribution[/b][/quote]

Was this actually delivered? or is it aspirational? What was that figure based on? What about the next batch of MD/VA residents we vaccinate? Where is the transparent agreement and ledger to be found?

OF COURSE I want the above workers vaccinated. They also have home states. They don't sleep in hovercraft and descend every day from the sky. If DC vaccinates out of state residents, it should be worked out equitably with those states, so as not to come at the expense of PPs mom getting a vaccination. Here's a parallel for you--should DC offer to fund Metro by ourselves, just to be nice?[/quote]

You need to reframe your thinking. PP's mom is GOING to get a vaccine, just not this week or next. OP's mom is not elderly, high-risk, a healthcare worker or a teacher, so she needs to wait her turn like everyone else. We've been told all along that the general population [b]might[/b] be able to get a vaccine in spring time, and here it is the second day of February and you are pissed off.

Healthcare workers are being vaccinated in the state they work - FACT
Maryland and Virginia both gave 8K vaccines to DC for healthcare workers - FACT
Teachers in all 3 states are being vaccinated in the state they work - FACT

DC has started to offer appointments to licensed child care workers. Director Nesbitt said there will be reciprocity between the states for essential workers, though I am not sure anyone is vaccinating these folks yet.

I recommend that you try to catch the Mayor's press conferences (usually Monday and Wednesday) as they give a lot of information and answer questions from reporters. You should remember that doses are allocated week by week, so priorities will continue to evolve. 
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Does the DC Covid -Website say the priority is residents AND workers? -FACT
Did DC set up special set-aside appointment for healthcare workers and teachers from other states? - FACT
Do you think many more people come in to DC to work than drive out? - FACT
Does DC not require ID at all? - FACT
[b]Do you think 8,000 doses covers that[/b]? -FACT
Do you think we should see some actual numbers and accounting? -FACT[/quote]

It was 16,000 doses - I don't know why I should bother giving you actual numbers if you just ignore them[/quote]

Oh, THANK YOU for the numbers. Hope you are not too worn out. Has DC confirmed receipt? How does 16,000 compare to the numbers of out of state they have /plan to vaccinate?[/quote]

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