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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All vaccines appointments should be made through an (improved) website, telephone and/or customer service kiosk or roving mobile sign up units. Everyone should have the same access according to their category (65+, teacher, whatever). NOT according to zip code. This is a lawsuit waiting to happen.[/quote]

The reason they've been breaking some appointments out for only certain Zip codes is because residents of the Zip codes they're excluding from those slots have already taken a hugely disproportionate share of the vaccines. Seems like that would be a problem for any lawsuit to overcome. (As would the fact that only some spots are reserved for certain Zip codes, and the fact that what Zip code you live in is not a protected class.)[/quote]

Also, PPP is ok with triaging by age or profession, but not by location - though its clear that living in a particular location makes you more vulnerable to the virus. The same yardstick is applied- those most vulnerable go first.[/quote]

It's not the location that makes you vulnerable, it is your underlying health conditions and whether you live in a multi-generational household. All of this could be triaged for. Simply living in "Ward 8"  doesn't make you more vulnerable.[/quote]

This point is completely lost on the Mayor and our City Council. To them, living EoR means you are black and poor and disenfranchised. [/quote]

There are certainly black and poor people EoR. Being black in itself, or poor doesn't make you more susceptible to Covid. Occupation, living situation, underlying health issues do.  They should triage by category, not zip code. Living in a particular location does not make you 'more susceptible' to the virus. It's not like a covid sirrocco blows through Ward 3.[/quote]

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