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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If the out-of-state residents are front-line health care workers, cops, firefighters, teachers, or working in D.C. grocery stores, I still don't see why it's bad for us to have them be vaccinated from D.C.'s stock. They're in D.C. all day potentially transmitting covid to D.C. residents.

The feds should vaccinate federal workers, though, certainly. Or D.C. should make clear that feds who don't fall into those categories above will go behind D.C. residents.[/quote]

The issue isn't their worthiness. The issue is they have or will have stock assigned to them in their own state. Meanwhile, DC keeps expanding the categories of worker vaccination and pulling from from stock directly correlated to DCs resident population - while residents sit in their houses (since March) awaiting vaccination.

As to essential Fed workers which includes post office etc--request appears to be about to be denied. They come into the city too, so either DC makes a consistent decision about sending a message of putting [b]residents first[/b] since we are not being allocated stock to vaccinate anyone else and our neighbor states won't "share", or they don't. At least let's be logical.[/quote]

The point is not solely to put residents first. Essential workers are a critical component of public health. I honestly don't know why that is so difficult for you to understand.[/quote]

Because DC requested vaccine based on DC population head count, not the workers who come into the city every day. Now they are giving half the vaccine away. No other state or jurisdiction is doing this. Why is the inequity hard  for your to understand?[/quote]

Those workers are essential to DC, they are not essential in MD or VA. They can get their vaccines when they normally qualify in their home state, but there is no reason for their home states to consider them essential when they don't actual serve their home state's population [/quote]

MDs next phase includes grocery workers. Are you claiming that someone who works for Giant in DC cannot get vaccinated in MD in this phase? I doubt that. If so, the Mayor needs to hash out a deal with MD. That's called "leadership".[/quote]

They did hash out a deal. MD and VA agreed to vaccinate essential employees where they work regardless of where they live. It's on the websites for both states. Fun fact: No ID or proof of residency required in DC, MD or VA. So feel free to use an address from any of the three states to try to get an appointment when eligible.[/quote]

^ the issue is the massive discrepancy in numbers. DC is currently allocating [b]half[/b] its vaccine stock to out of staters and is [b]last in the nation[/b] in vaccinating her own residents. But at the same time we are worried about equity for Ward 8. Huh, which is it then?  :roll:  [/quote]

I'm worried about both. I want essential workers vaccinated AND especially high risk poor seniors. I DGAF about some random DCUM person who has hours and hours to post here about how angry she is.

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Sorry, meant to say,  to [b]post [/b]how [b]angry[/b] she is.[/quote]

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