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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There's an article in the Post today about the states that are doing the best job of distributing the vaccine.  The common denominator seems to be simplicity.  Complicating the process by trying to refine prioritization, or racial equity, or whatever, slows down the process.  Create broad categories: health care workers, people over 70, whatever; don't overthink it. Either create big vaccination sites (stadiums, convention centers) or use existing infrastructure (pharmacies) and get it going. 
 Everyone is better off if more people are vaccinated more quickly.  [/quote]
Yes, every new category of who gets priority and who doesn't slows down the process. Breaking it down to a granular level based on zip code is just another roadblock for people trying to figure if/how/when to get a vaccine.

DC should have set up large vaccination sites, like you said, and just had the DC National Guard provide vaccines wholesale.  Instead, the government is lost in the weeds, and trying to fiddle with vaccination priority in real time.  [/quote]

All the appointments are being given out. All the shots are being used. There is no ROADBLOCK.

I am in favor of mass vaccine sites, but so far we aren't seeing them in this area. With a mere 9-10K shots per week to give out, there isn't a point to it in DC.
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[b]the more they give, the more they can request[/b] so it is reasonable to ask for this process to be both speedier and more transparent.[/quote]

That is another falsehood. Vaccines are distributed on the basis of population. [/quote]

According to the CDC web tracker, DC has been [b]distributed[/b] about 159,000 vaccine so far and [b]administered[/b] about 89,000. Does that sound efficient to you? 159, 000 is well on the way to a quarter of our adult population, if they got it into people's arms. Who has the responsibility for that?[b] DC.[/b]

https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccinations[/quote]

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