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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]1) Ward 8 residents are fearful of vaccines. The health system in the US has never recovered from Tuskeegee.

2) DC does not have a "shortage" of vaccines relative to its ability to distribute them. According to the NYT, only 2/3 of it's available vaccines have been administered.[/quote]

D.C. does have a shortage of vaccines, because it's holding some in reserve as second doses for people who got the first doses -- and even if it weren't, 1/3 of the available vaccines wouldn't meet the current demand.[/quote]

Federal government, both Biden and previously Trump have told local governments NOT to hold doses in reserve for the second shots as the Federal government is accounting for second doses and holding doses back simply slows the process down. This is old news.[/quote]

DC is close to the national average of vaccines given - 65 percent vs the national average of 69 percent. I don't know if DC is withholding second doses, but with a mere 10K doses per week, there isn't a lot of wiggle room as compared with states that have hundreds of thousands of doses not given. I know Anne Arundal county had to cancel second dose appointments due to lack of vaccine, which is terrible.[/quote]

DC has a tiny infrastructure and strong, direct relationships with the Feds (whom but for piss-poor planning they could have asked formally for more vaccines at the onset for non-resident workers), and ONLY 700,000 residents. DC should be WELL AHEAD of the national average.[/quote]

Please stop spreading lies. DC did request vaccines at the very beginning to cover non-residents:

[quote]The District’s geographic location between Maryland and Virginia lends itself to significant population
movement between all three jurisdictions. These individuals who reside outside of the District are part of
the necessary workforce and critical infrastructure that keeps the District functioning. DC’s COVID-19
Vaccination Draft Plan has included population vaccination estimates of those who reside in another state
but work in the District as healthcare workers and critical infrastructure personnel. Therefore, the
District’s initial and subsequent federal COVID-19 vaccine allotment must be based on the District’s
workforce population and not only the District residency population. [/quote]

https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19/downloads/DC-jurisdiction-executive-summary.pdf
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Well gee, I do see the word "draft". I also don't see how much they asked for, and what they received before they started giving it away? Feel free to supply those numbers. Where's the ledger?[/quote]

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