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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Giant Pharmacy in Columbia Heights said they are giving out any leftover vaccine doses each day to seniors who are waiting around 3pm. [/quote]

I cant believe DC wants to be a state and can't organize the distribution of vaccines to 700,000 residents in a transparent,  organized fashion.[/quote]

Which state is doing a better job at organizing the distribution in a transparent and effective fashion, exactly? The whole thing is a mess everywhere. Mostly because the supply is too low, which is the federal government's problem, not any individual state (or city)'s.[/quote]

ummm...West Virginia, North Dakota...[/quote]

OK, yes, you're right: Alaska, West Virginia, Connecticut, New Mexico and North Dakota are doing better. Those are the only states that are. So why should D.C.'s vaccination program be disqualifying for statehood?[/quote]

A city as small as ours, with the obvious existing demand,  should not end up with doses going to seniors  "hanging around a Giant " at the end of the day. And no I dont want them wasted. But they should have better systems in place to make sure it doesnt come to that. Just one example.[/quote]

No jurisdiction of any size has come up with a good system to distribute unexpected leftover doses ([b]which come up partly from no-shows, which you obviously can’t plan for[/b]) of a vaccine that has a 6-hour shelf life once you open the vial and has 10 doses per vial, as the Moderna one the Giant pharmacies are using does. They don’t know they have unused doses until the end of the day, and they can’t take the chance that they won’t find someone to take them.

But even if unused doses was a problem that was easily solved, it’s still not a reason we shouldn’t be a state, which is what the PP said. [/quote]

Here's an idea: Stand-by list, like at the airport. If you don't get called, you are guaranteed first the next day. Solved that for you.[/quote]

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