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What’s with the prioritization of “essential” workers?

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    Copper
    wrote on 31 Dec 2020, 23:56 last edited by
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    I don't care very much that somebody got the vaccine and might not deserve it.

    Nobody has ever done this before.

    If they aren't making mistakes then they aren't doing anything.

    Cut some slack

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      LuFins Dad
      wrote on 1 Jan 2021, 18:04 last edited by
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      A friend in her late 30s and works as a physical rehab assistant just announced she is scheduled for hers next week. That’s a little annoying.

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        Jolly
        wrote on 1 Jan 2021, 18:20 last edited by
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        Healthcare first, FTW!😄

        “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

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          1 Jan 2021, 18:04

          A friend in her late 30s and works as a physical rehab assistant just announced she is scheduled for hers next week. That’s a little annoying.

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          Axtremus
          wrote on 2 Jan 2021, 00:30 last edited by
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          @lufins-dad said in What’s with the prioritization of “essential” workers?:

          A friend in her late 30s and works as a physical rehab assistant just announced she is scheduled for hers next week. That’s a little annoying.

          Maybe that’s because she needs to work with many elderlies?

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            jon-nyc
            wrote on 13 Jan 2021, 15:45 last edited by
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            So the CDC just yesterday did a last minute about face and added 65+ and immunocompromised to the 1b list.

            But in practice it's too late. At least in NY and likely other places.

            THey've had the scheduling system open for the essential worker category for a while now so every 18 year old grocery store employee (yeah, really) has already reserved a spot, while the earliest their 74 year old grandmothers on chemotherapy can get an appointment if they go online today is (literally) April.

            "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
            -Cormac McCarthy

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              Loki
              wrote on 13 Jan 2021, 15:48 last edited by
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              Re-allocation of the pie will yield marginal results. We need more approved vaccines.

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                jon-nyc
                wrote on 13 Jan 2021, 15:50 last edited by jon-nyc
                #64

                That’s wrong, and to the extent there’s any truth to it, it’s only because we’ve already wasted millions on people at low risk.

                But sure, if we increase the capacity we can reduce the cost of this tragic mistake.

                "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                -Cormac McCarthy

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                  22 Dec 2020, 12:20

                  I disagree with her on many things, but she's always struck me as being a reasonable person:

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                  Renauda
                  wrote on 13 Jan 2021, 15:53 last edited by Renauda
                  #65

                  @george-k
                  What’s with the prioritization of “essential” workers?:

                  I disagree with her on many things, but she's always struck me as being a reasonable person:

                  Tulsi Gabbard was my preferred Democrat candidate in the nomination race. I found her stances on various issues quite agreeable.

                  Elbows up!

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                    13 Jan 2021, 15:50

                    That’s wrong, and to the extent there’s any truth to it, it’s only because we’ve already wasted millions on people at low risk.

                    But sure, if we increase the capacity we can reduce the cost of this tragic mistake.

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                    Loki
                    wrote on 13 Jan 2021, 16:00 last edited by
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                    @jon-nyc said in What’s with the prioritization of “essential” workers?:

                    That’s wrong, and to the extent there’s any truth to it, it’s only because we’ve already wasted millions on people at low risk.

                    But sure, if we increase the capacity we can reduce the cost of this tragic mistake.

                    What percent have been vaccinated already? It seems so low that the impact wouldn’t be that great.

                    I have no clue why who got vaccinated was decided but I assume it wasn’t political as in partisan.

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                      jon-nyc
                      wrote on 13 Jan 2021, 16:50 last edited by
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                      It wasn't political as in partisan, it was political as in 'who deserves it', rather than based purely on risk. Part of that was driven by a desire for 'equity' (newspeak for discrimination) but part of it was just (IMO) an expression of guilt by those who could avoid the risk to those who couldn't.

                      "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
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                        13 Jan 2021, 16:50

                        It wasn't political as in partisan, it was political as in 'who deserves it', rather than based purely on risk. Part of that was driven by a desire for 'equity' (newspeak for discrimination) but part of it was just (IMO) an expression of guilt by those who could avoid the risk to those who couldn't.

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                        Loki
                        wrote on 13 Jan 2021, 17:00 last edited by
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                        What did Fauci say?

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                          jon-nyc
                          wrote on 13 Jan 2021, 17:10 last edited by
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                          I don't know.

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                            Copper
                            wrote on 13 Jan 2021, 17:21 last edited by
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                            There should be a big thermometer in Times Square, and elsewhere, maybe on the web, that shows number of doses in storage and number of people vaccinated.

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                              jon-nyc
                              wrote on 13 Jan 2021, 17:34 last edited by
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                              It’s on the web where more people can see it.

                              "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                              -Cormac McCarthy

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                                Copper
                                wrote on 13 Jan 2021, 17:58 last edited by
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                                https://ourworldindata.org/covid-vaccinations

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                                  LuFins Dad
                                  wrote on 13 Jan 2021, 18:58 last edited by
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                                  Where's the Gates operation that was supposed to vaccinate the world within 6 months of a vaccine?

                                  Also, those 18-year-old Walmart employees really should stand aside...

                                  The Brad

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                                    Jolly
                                    wrote on 13 Jan 2021, 21:13 last edited by
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                                    Got my call for vaccination today.

                                    I respectfully declined...

                                    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                      Copper
                                      wrote on 13 Jan 2021, 21:18 last edited by Copper
                                      #75

                                      kook

                                      barn door, horse

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                                        13 Jan 2021, 21:13

                                        Got my call for vaccination today.

                                        I respectfully declined...

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                                        George K
                                        wrote on 13 Jan 2021, 21:19 last edited by
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                                        @jolly said in What’s with the prioritization of “essential” workers?:

                                        Got my call for vaccination today.

                                        I respectfully declined...

                                        Did you tell them?

                                        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                        • G George K
                                          13 Jan 2021, 21:19

                                          @jolly said in What’s with the prioritization of “essential” workers?:

                                          Got my call for vaccination today.

                                          I respectfully declined...

                                          Did you tell them?

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                                          Jolly
                                          wrote on 13 Jan 2021, 21:38 last edited by
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                                          @george-k said in What’s with the prioritization of “essential” workers?:

                                          @jolly said in What’s with the prioritization of “essential” workers?:

                                          Got my call for vaccination today.

                                          I respectfully declined...

                                          Did you tell them?

                                          Yep.

                                          “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                          Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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