Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thank you for connecting dots on Bowser and Ward 4 - I did not know.

And folks, Covid is a serious risk for ALL people with comorbidities - not just POC who live in certain DC zip codes as some on DCUM seem to believe.

The low number of vaccine shots in Ward 7 and 8 match up with the low number of parents wanting their children back in school - now that it has been offered.

Choices have been offered and rejected. Sometimes equity is available only to those who CHOOSE it.

Oh, stop. The whole point of this thread is that Ward 3 residents are super aggressive about getting the vaccine. Thank god racist simpletons like you aren't in charge of making health policy decisions.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thank you for connecting dots on Bowser and Ward 4 - I did not know.

And folks, Covid is a serious risk for ALL people with comorbidities - not just POC who live in certain DC zip codes as some on DCUM seem to believe.

The low number of vaccine shots in Ward 7 and 8 match up with the low number of parents wanting their children back in school - now that it has been offered.

Choices have been offered and rejected. Sometimes equity is available only to those who CHOOSE it.

Oh, stop. The whole point of this thread is that Ward 3 residents are super aggressive about getting the vaccine. Thank god racist simpletons like you aren't in charge of making health policy decisions.

Anonymous wrote:Thank you for connecting dots on Bowser and Ward 4 - I did not know.

And folks, Covid is a serious risk for ALL people with comorbidities - not just POC who live in certain DC zip codes as some on DCUM seem to believe.

The low number of vaccine shots in Ward 7 and 8 match up with the low number of parents wanting their children back in school - now that it has been offered.

Choices have been offered and rejected. Sometimes equity is available only to those who CHOOSE it.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For all you jerks out there. Fortunately there is DATA to look at to show vaccine uptake across the city, both in terms of absolute numbers and percentages.

https://coronavirus.dc.gov/data/vaccination

Both doses


First dose

Wow, so even with "black" only vaccine distribution policies, Ward 8 is not getting vaccinated.

Who said earlier that it might require an education campaign.

Seems like it.

The "black only" policy started after day one when Ward 8 had only had 94 registrations. Now their registration rate has apparently slowed down...probably because those who wanted to be inoculated had no difficulty in Ward 8 on the first day.

All of this time talking digital divide and gaps in access and it turned out, they just don't want the shot.

Except that the spots that are reserved for targeted Zip codes go just as fast as the citywide ones. So how does that fit your theory that Black people don't want the vaccine?

They are going to Ward 4. Just as wealthy and entitled as Ward 3...but predominately black. And the Mayor's Ward

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For all you jerks out there. Fortunately there is DATA to look at to show vaccine uptake across the city, both in terms of absolute numbers and percentages.

https://coronavirus.dc.gov/data/vaccination

Both doses


First dose

Wow, so even with "black" only vaccine distribution policies, Ward 8 is not getting vaccinated.

Who said earlier that it might require an education campaign.

Seems like it.

The "black only" policy started after day one when Ward 8 had only had 94 registrations. Now their registration rate has apparently slowed down...probably because those who wanted to be inoculated had no difficulty in Ward 8 on the first day.

All of this time talking digital divide and gaps in access and it turned out, they just don't want the shot.

Except that the spots that are reserved for targeted Zip codes go just as fast as the citywide ones. So how does that fit your theory that Black people don't want the vaccine?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For all you jerks out there. Fortunately there is DATA to look at to show vaccine uptake across the city, both in terms of absolute numbers and percentages.

https://coronavirus.dc.gov/data/vaccination

Both doses


First dose

They are going to War 4. Just as wealthy and entitled as Ward 3...but predominately black. And the Mayor's Ward.
Wow, so even with "black" only vaccine distribution policies, Ward 8 is not getting vaccinated.

Who said earlier that it might require an education campaign.

Seems like it.

The "black only" policy started after day one when Ward 8 had only had 94 registrations. Now their registration rate has apparently slowed down...probably because those who wanted to be inoculated had no difficulty in Ward 8 on the first day.

All of this time talking digital divide and gaps in access and it turned out, they just don't want the shot.

Except that the spots that are reserved for targeted Zip codes go just as fast as the citywide ones. So how does that fit your theory that Black people don't want the vaccine?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For all you jerks out there. Fortunately there is DATA to look at to show vaccine uptake across the city, both in terms of absolute numbers and percentages.

https://coronavirus.dc.gov/data/vaccination

Both doses


First dose

Wow, so even with "black" only vaccine distribution policies, Ward 8 is not getting vaccinated.

Who said earlier that it might require an education campaign.

Seems like it.

The "black only" policy started after day one when Ward 8 had only had 94 registrations. Now their registration rate has apparently slowed down...probably because those who wanted to be inoculated had no difficulty in Ward 8 on the first day.

All of this time talking digital divide and gaps in access and it turned out, they just don't want the shot.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For all you jerks out there. Fortunately there is DATA to look at to show vaccine uptake across the city, both in terms of absolute numbers and percentages.

https://coronavirus.dc.gov/data/vaccination

Both doses


First dose

Wow, so even with "black" only vaccine distribution policies, Ward 8 is not getting vaccinated.

Who said earlier that it might require an education campaign.

Seems like it.

The "black only" policy started after day one when Ward 8 had only had 94 registrations. Now their registration rate has apparently slowed down...probably because those who wanted to be inoculated had no difficulty in Ward 8 on the first day.

All of this time talking digital divide and gaps in access and it turned out, they just don't want the shot.

Anonymous wrote:For all you jerks out there. Fortunately there is DATA to look at to show vaccine uptake across the city, both in terms of absolute numbers and percentages.

https://coronavirus.dc.gov/data/vaccination

Both doses


First dose

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is not the 1980s. The DMV is not a suburb in North Dakota. There is plenty of internet access in this city. Plenty of urgent care, hospitals and pharmacies. Per square mile and population - DC is actually an equitable place bs rest of country. Regardless of color of skin.

Personal responsibility. Obesity and smoking are not race specific. There are many, many resources in DC.

DC still has a massive digital divide.

This is actually one of those fake statistics that sounds good but is far from true. We love bantying it about to prove how woke we are. In fact if you look up the actual statistics, DC has the highest broadband connectivity rate in the country. 99.0% of Washingtonian have access to broadband 100mps or faster. 42.3% have access to 1 gig broadband.

99.5% of Washingtonian have access to wireline service
74.8% have access to fiber
98.9% have access cable internet
93.6% have access to DSL

The stats are all available at industry pages like broadbandnow.com

So what does this all mean? There are about 6000 people in the city without access to speeds above 25mbps. About 3000 with no internet access period. It is in fact true that most of those 3000 people are either homeless, or live in Wards 5, 7 or 8.

But the divide is more or a term thrown around to apply leverage to other problems. There are abiut half a dozen programs that allow those 3000 people to walk in and get internet and computer services provided to their households for free should they want them.

The real scandal here is not the computer divide, but literacy. What good does computer access do if you can't read or know how to use a computer to execute tasks?

But talking literacy is not as self satisfying a talking digital divide.

You show me a house with no computers in it and I'll show you a house with no books.

again, if there is a disparate impact based on race, the point is that access needs to be extended in a different way. Saying “Ward 3 got all the spots because they prioritize literacy” doesn’t work.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is not the 1980s. The DMV is not a suburb in North Dakota. There is plenty of internet access in this city. Plenty of urgent care, hospitals and pharmacies. Per square mile and population - DC is actually an equitable place bs rest of country. Regardless of color of skin.

Personal responsibility. Obesity and smoking are not race specific. There are many, many resources in DC.

DC still has a massive digital divide.

This is actually one of those fake statistics that sounds good but is far from true. We love bantying it about to prove how woke we are. In fact if you look up the actual statistics, DC has the highest broadband connectivity rate in the country. 99.0% of Washingtonian have access to broadband 100mps or faster. 42.3% have access to 1 gig broadband.

99.5% of Washingtonian have access to wireline service
74.8% have access to fiber
98.9% have access cable internet
93.6% have access to DSL

The stats are all available at industry pages like broadbandnow.com

So what does this all mean? There are about 6000 people in the city without access to speeds above 25mbps. About 3000 with no internet access period. It is in fact true that most of those 3000 people are either homeless, or live in Wards 5, 7 or 8.

But the divide is more or a term thrown around to apply leverage to other problems. There are abiut half a dozen programs that allow those 3000 people to walk in and get internet and computer services provided to their households for free should they want them.

The real scandal here is not the computer divide, but literacy. What good does computer access do if you can't read or know how to use a computer to execute tasks?

But talking literacy is not as self satisfying a talking digital divide.

You show me a house with no computers in it and I'll show you a house with no books.

again, if there is a disparate impact based on race, the point is that access needs to be extended in a different way. Saying “Ward 3 got all the spots because they prioritize literacy” doesn’t work.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is not the 1980s. The DMV is not a suburb in North Dakota. There is plenty of internet access in this city. Plenty of urgent care, hospitals and pharmacies. Per square mile and population - DC is actually an equitable place bs rest of country. Regardless of color of skin.

Personal responsibility. Obesity and smoking are not race specific. There are many, many resources in DC.

DC still has a massive digital divide.

This is actually one of those fake statistics that sounds good but is far from true. We love bantying it about to prove how woke we are. In fact if you look up the actual statistics, DC has the highest broadband connectivity rate in the country. 99.0% of Washingtonian have access to broadband 100mps or faster. 42.3% have access to 1 gig broadband.

99.5% of Washingtonian have access to wireline service
74.8% have access to fiber
98.9% have access cable internet
93.6% have access to DSL

The stats are all available at industry pages like broadbandnow.com

So what does this all mean? There are about 6000 people in the city without access to speeds above 25mbps. About 3000 with no internet access period. It is in fact true that most of those 3000 people are either homeless, or live in Wards 5, 7 or 8.

But the divide is more or a term thrown around to apply leverage to other problems. There are abiut half a dozen programs that allow those 3000 people to walk in and get internet and computer services provided to their households for free should they want them.

The real scandal here is not the computer divide, but literacy. What good does computer access do if you can't read or know how to use a computer to execute tasks?

But talking literacy is not as self satisfying a talking digital divide.

You show me a house with no computers in it and I'll show you a house with no books.

So is your point here that people who don’t own any books shouldn’t have an easy time getting vaccinated?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is not the 1980s. The DMV is not a suburb in North Dakota. There is plenty of internet access in this city. Plenty of urgent care, hospitals and pharmacies. Per square mile and population - DC is actually an equitable place bs rest of country. Regardless of color of skin.

Personal responsibility. Obesity and smoking are not race specific. There are many, many resources in DC.

DC still has a massive digital divide.

This is actually one of those fake statistics that sounds good but is far from true. We love bantying it about to prove how woke we are. In fact if you look up the actual statistics, DC has the highest broadband connectivity rate in the country. 99.0% of Washingtonian have access to broadband 100mps or faster. 42.3% have access to 1 gig broadband.

99.5% of Washingtonian have access to wireline service
74.8% have access to fiber
98.9% have access cable internet
93.6% have access to DSL

The stats are all available at industry pages like broadbandnow.com

So what does this all mean? There are about 6000 people in the city without access to speeds above 25mbps. About 3000 with no internet access period. It is in fact true that most of those 3000 people are either homeless, or live in Wards 5, 7 or 8.

But the divide is more or a term thrown around to apply leverage to other problems. There are abiut half a dozen programs that allow those 3000 people to walk in and get internet and computer services provided to their households for free should they want them.

The real scandal here is not the computer divide, but literacy. What good does computer access do if you can't read or know how to use a computer to execute tasks?

But talking literacy is not as self satisfying a talking digital divide.

You show me a house with no computers in it and I'll show you a house with no books.