What’s with the prioritization of “essential” workers?
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wrote on 1 Jan 2021, 18:04 last edited by
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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wrote on 1 Jan 2021, 18:20 last edited by
Healthcare first, FTW!
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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.
wrote on 2 Jan 2021, 00:30 last edited by@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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wrote on 13 Jan 2021, 15:45 last edited by
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.
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wrote on 13 Jan 2021, 15:48 last edited by
Re-allocation of the pie will yield marginal results. We need more approved vaccines.
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wrote on 13 Jan 2021, 15:50 last edited by jon-nyc
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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wrote on 13 Jan 2021, 15:53 last edited by Renauda
@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.
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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.
wrote on 13 Jan 2021, 16:00 last edited by@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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wrote on 13 Jan 2021, 16:50 last edited by
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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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.
wrote on 13 Jan 2021, 17:00 last edited byWhat did Fauci say?
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wrote on 13 Jan 2021, 17:10 last edited by
I don't know.
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wrote on 13 Jan 2021, 17:21 last edited by
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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wrote on 13 Jan 2021, 17:34 last edited by
It’s on the web where more people can see it.
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wrote on 13 Jan 2021, 17:58 last edited by
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wrote on 13 Jan 2021, 18:58 last edited by
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...
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wrote on 13 Jan 2021, 21:13 last edited by
Got my call for vaccination today.
I respectfully declined...
“Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”
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wrote on 13 Jan 2021, 21:18 last edited by Copper
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wrote on 13 Jan 2021, 21:19 last edited by
@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 said in What’s with the prioritization of “essential” workers?:
Got my call for vaccination today.
I respectfully declined...
Did you tell them?
wrote on 13 Jan 2021, 21:38 last edited by@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.
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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...
wrote on 13 Jan 2021, 22:56 last edited by@lufins-dad said in What’s with the prioritization of “essential” workers?:
Where's the Gates operation that was supposed to vaccinate the world within 6 months of a vaccine?
We talked again about this maybe 3 months ago. Simple answer is I don’t know.
I speculated at the time that the government stepped up to the plate so maybe they think they didn’t have to. But that was just speculation.
