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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The phases are based on jobs and the people who work in the front lines. The phases aren’t based on color. [/quote]

Last week, almost 2/3 of the doses in DC were reserved for "priority zip codes" based on race. People in these "priority zip codes" were also invited to compete with us for the remaining 1/3 of the doses even though this lot of appointments was the only one available to the rest of us. There can be no question that people in these communities need the vaccines, but the rest of us have family members with serious health problems too. The one day we were allowed to try to register last week left almost all of us empty handed, our families still unprotected, and it certainly left me with the feeling that no one on the City Council is actively representing my family's needs. We do actually need that from the people elected to represent us. This is not a situation where the "privileged" (or even relatively privileged) can get their needs fulfilled through some means other than city services. That's the argument that's used to keep parents with high-achieving students from demanding too much of DCPS, for example, but it doesn't apply here because we can't simply go private or move to Maryland for the vaccine.[/quote]

What are you saying? Do you mean the blacks are getting the vaccine first priority even without being High  risk like diabetes or something?[/quote]

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