Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I think you're missing the point. DC and Virginia have the same rates. That makes Virginia seem a whole lot more impressive than DC, because Virginia has far more people spread over a much greater area -- the degree of difficulty is far higher. If anything, DC should be leading the nation in vaccinations because we're so small and densely population. Instead, we're only slightly above the national average.

Well, maybe to you, it does.

Living in a densely-populated area does not make people more willing to get vaccinated.

Every state has its anti-vaxxers. It's up to your political leaders to persuade those morons to get the shot. It's one thing though when you live in a densely populated city like DC and the morons are within a 10 minute drive and quite another when you live in state where you have to drive for hours to reach your morons.

Apparently it's not a meaningful difference.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:God that hotline and the way it was distributed with no sites in Ward 3 etc. Still traumatized!

Yeah, it's definitely Ward 3 residents who are less likely to be vaccinated 🙄

It's awful when your needs are not prioritized over everyone else's.

As.much as everyone else's. Fixed that for you!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I think you're missing the point. DC and Virginia have the same rates. That makes Virginia seem a whole lot more impressive than DC, because Virginia has far more people spread over a much greater area -- the degree of difficulty is far higher. If anything, DC should be leading the nation in vaccinations because we're so small and densely population. Instead, we're only slightly above the national average.

Well, maybe to you, it does.

Living in a densely-populated area does not make people more willing to get vaccinated.

I'm surprised the rates are so similar right now considering how low the vaccination rates are in some of the parts of VA that aren't near DC. Do the official numbers have any way to account for the DC residents that were vaccinated in VA and MD?

Those parts of Virginia generally don't have a lot of population, though.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I think you're missing the point. DC and Virginia have the same rates. That makes Virginia seem a whole lot more impressive than DC, because Virginia has far more people spread over a much greater area -- the degree of difficulty is far higher. If anything, DC should be leading the nation in vaccinations because we're so small and densely population. Instead, we're only slightly above the national average.

Well, maybe to you, it does.

Living in a densely-populated area does not make people more willing to get vaccinated.

Every state has its anti-vaxxers. It's up to your political leaders to persuade those morons to get the shot. It's one thing though when you live in a densely populated city like DC and the morons are within a 10 minute drive and quite another when you live in state where you have to drive for hours to reach your morons.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I think you're missing the point. DC and Virginia have the same rates. That makes Virginia seem a whole lot more impressive than DC, because Virginia has far more people spread over a much greater area -- the degree of difficulty is far higher. If anything, DC should be leading the nation in vaccinations because we're so small and densely population. Instead, we're only slightly above the national average.

Well, maybe to you, it does.

Living in a densely-populated area does not make people more willing to get vaccinated.

I'm surprised the rates are so similar right now considering how low the vaccination rates are in some of the parts of VA that aren't near DC. Do the official numbers have any way to account for the DC residents that were vaccinated in VA and MD?

Anonymous wrote:

I think you're missing the point. DC and Virginia have the same rates. That makes Virginia seem a whole lot more impressive than DC, because Virginia has far more people spread over a much greater area -- the degree of difficulty is far higher. If anything, DC should be leading the nation in vaccinations because we're so small and densely population. Instead, we're only slightly above the national average.

Well, maybe to you, it does.

Living in a densely-populated area does not make people more willing to get vaccinated.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:43.8 percent of Americans have been fully vaccinated. In DC, that figure is 45 percent. Not really very impressive, especially since we have such a small population.


https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/vaccines/us-states

The whole point of rates (like number of vaccinated residents divided by number of residents) is to be able to compare states/localities/whatever with different population sizes.

DC has 700,000 people living on 61 square miles.

Virginia has 8.5 million people living on 43,000 square miles.

Both have 45 percent of their populations fully vaccinated. Which feat seems more impressive to you?

Virginia has 3,808,325 people vaccinated on 42,775 square miles.

Texas has 10,097,932 people vaccinated on 268,597 square miles.

Which feat seems more impressive to you?

That's why we use rates, not numbers.

I think you're missing the point. DC and Virginia have the same rates. That makes Virginia seem a whole lot more impressive than DC, because Virginia has far more people spread over a much greater area -- the degree of difficulty is far higher. If anything, DC should be leading the nation in vaccinations because we're so small and densely population. Instead, we're only slightly above the national average.

Anonymous wrote:God that hotline and the way it was distributed with no sites in Ward 3 etc. Still traumatized!

Yeah, it's definitely Ward 3 residents who are less likely to be vaccinated 🙄

It's awful when your needs are not prioritized over everyone else's.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:43.8 percent of Americans have been fully vaccinated. In DC, that figure is 45 percent. Not really very impressive, especially since we have such a small population.


https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/vaccines/us-states

The whole point of rates (like number of vaccinated residents divided by number of residents) is to be able to compare states/localities/whatever with different population sizes.

DC has 700,000 people living on 61 square miles.

Virginia has 8.5 million people living on 43,000 square miles.

Both have 45 percent of their populations fully vaccinated. Which feat seems more impressive to you?

Virginia has 3,808,325 people vaccinated on 42,775 square miles.

Texas has 10,097,932 people vaccinated on 268,597 square miles.

Which feat seems more impressive to you?

That's why we use rates, not numbers.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:43.8 percent of Americans have been fully vaccinated. In DC, that figure is 45 percent. Not really very impressive, especially since we have such a small population.


https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/vaccines/us-states

The whole point of rates (like number of vaccinated residents divided by number of residents) is to be able to compare states/localities/whatever with different population sizes.

DC has 700,000 people living on 61 square miles.

Virginia has 8.5 million people living on 43,000 square miles.

Both have 45 percent of their populations fully vaccinated. Which feat seems more impressive to you?

God that hotline and the way it was distributed with no sites in Ward 3 etc. Still traumatized!

Anonymous wrote:43.8 percent of Americans have been fully vaccinated. In DC, that figure is 45 percent. Not really very impressive, especially since we have such a small population.


https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/vaccines/us-states

The whole point of rates (like number of vaccinated residents divided by number of residents) is to be able to compare states/localities/whatever with different population sizes.

Anonymous wrote:43.8 percent of Americans have been fully vaccinated. In DC, that figure is 45 percent. Not really very impressive, especially since we have such a small population.


https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/vaccines/us-states

So our vaccination rates are higher per population in both circumstances but still you complain?

Negative nancy.

43.8 percent of Americans have been fully vaccinated. In DC, that figure is 45 percent. Not really very impressive, especially since we have such a small population.


https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/vaccines/us-states

Pretty cool