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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It seems like whatever method they are using for equity is not working, at least in Ward 4.  When I went to get my vaccine there was a long line of people.  Very few were POC.  In fact the majority of POC who were there were the security guards.  And this is at a community center on Kennedy St.  My guess is white people in the prioritized zip codes are still signing up for the vaccine slots first.  Anecdotal evidence, but I suspect it is happening in other areas as well.[/quote]

How recently was this?  The first senior vaccines were given four weeks ago so seniors getting vaccines this week might be getting their second doses (as they got their first before the equity measures were put into affect)[/quote]

You should care more about the [i]age[/i] of the folks in line.  Not the color of their skin.[/quote]

[b]Considering that black and brown people are dying from COVID at a significantly higher rate, then you should take the color of one's skin into consideration.[/quote][/b][b]

Black and brown people are not dying because of the color of their skin.  [b]They are dying because of health conditions [/b]- obesity, pulmonary disease, diabetes. 
The DMV attributes these conditions to skin color.  They are not.
Take a long hard look in this country - these conditions exist for all walks of people and in greater numbers.

So, no - 65 and up was the marker - not 65 and Black.  [/quote]

There is actually a much more important nuance to this - Black people are contracting and dying of the virus because 1) of the neighborhood/community conditions that most Black folks live in are vastly under-resourced (poor access to healthcare and quality foods, unhealthy air, water, general stressful living) 2) the jobs Black folks have are as front-line workers putting them in contact with the public, and 3) poverty (see #1) and I could probably keep going on this list but the point I'm trying to make is there are multiple factors that go way beyond the health status of individuals - there are community and environmental factors that contribute to this and many of these factors root from racist policies.

Also in some communities, the vaccine is just not getting to people of color. I just read an article about [b]Jefferson County, AL many of the wealthy whites in that community have received the vaccine and it has had little penetration in Black communities and it is NOT because Black people don't want the vaccine[/b].[/quote]

Any fraud/artificial hurdles in distribution should be investigated (if that is what you are saying is going on, since black people in Jefferson County want but can't get the vaccine?). I think there should be hearings in DC on why in our 50% black city, 1/2 the vaccine is being distributed over the border. [/quote]

Hearings? Good lord.  They should be focusing on ramping up the pace of vaccinations.  I could care less if my checkout clerk or staff at my OB’s office are from PG county or Arlington or wherever, they work in DC and interact with DC residents on a daily basis.  Benefits the community at large to have them vaccinated.[/quote]

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