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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here's what happened:

MoCo has 2 county-run sites, both at schools. Those schools said they need the space back by 4/1 since schools are reopening.

MoCo proposes using Montgomery College Germantown campus as a state mass vax site. The state is focused on geographic equity and there is already one for the DC region of MD, at Six Flags. The state's focus is opening up sites to serve Western MD and Eastern Shore, since there is nothing there. The state won't open up more sites other than those, until they get more doses.

MoCo and MD meet about the Germantown site. MD offers to help MoCo with some logistics like laptops, wifi and stuff like that. MoCo takes this to mean it'll be a state-run mass vax site. MD does not. Note no paperwork was signed.

So the Germantown site is a county-run site, replacing the 2 existing county-run sites that will close on 3/31.

As for the vaccine being available to all adults by 4/27, that's true for _state-run_ vaccine sites, NOT for MoCo sites. In the name of equity, [b]MoCo has made gettting a vaccine incredibly complicated.[/b] Just in Phase 1, there are 9 different tiers, compared to 3 in the rest of MD.

Here's the difference:

MoCo currently open for:
Phase 1A - Tier 1, Phase 1A - Tier 2, Phase 1- Tier 3, Phase 1B - Tier 1, Phase 1B - Tier 2, Phase 1B - Tier 3, Phase 1C - Tier 1 (only).

MD open for:
Phase 1A, 1B, 1C, 2A

then 3/30, MD open for:
Phase 1C, 1B, 1C, 2A, 2B

In short, if you want to get a vaccine at a well-run site, sign up for the state mass vax site. You'll also be eligible sooner there.[/quote]

This is true.  I am eligible under state guidelines but not MoCo.  I did go to a mass vax site in Baltimore.  The downside is that I stood in line for 3 hours.  But I have my vaccination.  [/quote]

MoCo actually hasn't made getting a vaccine "incredibly complicated". The MoCo health department is just making sure that people who have less time/internet access can also get vaccines. This category disproportionately includes people if color. Y'all are pissed because MoCo won't give YOU the vaccine before people in higher priority groups. But you're fine, because there are plenty of sites in MoCo that follow state rules. So yes you can get the vaccine in MoCo, or you can travel to Baltimore or PG where the Governor is allocating a lot of doses. [/quote]
But this is why it's taking MoCo so much longer to get people vaccinated.  It's too damn slow.

The  more people in MoCo are vaccinated, the better off EVERYONE will be.

Plus there are many in the minority groups who are hesitant to get the vaccine , and if MoCo waits for those people to get over their fears and get the vaccine it will be 2022 by the time MoCo opens up for all groups.

Trying for equity is great, but MoCo leaders are too focused on equity over the welfare of the entire county.

You know.. I'm not a MoCo hater, but I really am tired of MoCo's over emphasis on equity, and I grew up lower income, too.

Just get on with it already. If MoCo cares so much about lower income people then they should want MoCo to open up so that people can get back to work and their kids can get back into schools.   It's super frustrating to watch how MoCo is handling it.   [/quote]

Where are you getting the impression they are taking longer? They are using up all the doses they get from the state. The hospitals are the ones hoarding doses and  the county doesn't control them. There is a great 538 article about why it is important to prioritize. You are just angry they are vaccinating people other than you.

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