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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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 [b]Ward 3[/b].[/quote]

Sorry, "Ward 8"[/quote]

Way to miss the point.  A covid sirrocco in fact does blow through Ward 8, because that's where all the people with the most risk factors concentrate; and the greater concentration of risk means that covid will spread more rapidly.  Your argument is like saying "we don't need to send firefighters to the massive fire in Ward 8 because everyon in Ward 3 has fireplaces too!  [/quote]

There are people with the SAME risk factors in other wards. Triage by risk factor, put out the fire. Simply living in Ward 8 is not a Covid Sirocco. The risk factors are. [/quote]

OMG they ARE triageing by risk factors: age, nursing home status and zip code. They tried opening up the appointments to all comers, and most of them went to people in Ward 2 and 3. Setting aside some extra for certain zip codes makes sense if they're trying to reach more at risk seniors. It's not like the vaccines are going to waste over in ward 8; those are DC residents who are at high risk of contracting the virus, consuming more health care resources to fight it, and having worse outcomes than 65-year old Mrs. Legation Street.[/quote]

ZIP CODE is not a "risk factor". OMG, what is wrong with your brain??[/quote]

zip code is a proxy for risk factors. prioritizing vaccine by zip codes with the highest infection and death rate is good public health policy for a number of reasons. [/quote]

Fully disagree. An old person with a heart condition in fancy ward 3 living with kids who work as, I dunno, a FED called into office and a teacher  and have grandchildren in daycare is at exact same risk factor "boat" as their counterpart in Ward 8. SAME.[/quote]

Sigh. The point is - public health policy tries to get the vaccine to the greatest area of need in the quickest time. Trying to put the entire city into order by many different metrics might not meet that goal. Targeting high-need zip codes could be one appropriate tactic. [/quote]

Or high risk humans. Targeting zip codes completely loses the actual people involved. DC has had SINCE MARCH to.plan how to vaccinate the human being residents of the WHOLE CITY appropriately.  So glad FEMA Ia taking over; no doubt will just be randomized.[/quote]

YES, and the problem with the initial plan was that the wealthier wards sucked up all the appointments, thereby creating additional inequities and not getting the vaccine as deeply into at-risk populations in poorer wards. If the goal is to spread the vaccine around the entire city and not just the wealthy areas, zip code set asides might help. We're talking about just getting the SAME number of people vaccinated. Heaven forbid we make an effort to get MORE vaccine to black, brown or poor people.[/quote]

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