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

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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."
    -Cormac McCarthy

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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
        #69

        I don't know.

        "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, 17:21 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
            #71

            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
              #72

              https://ourworldindata.org/covid-vaccinations

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                LuFins Dad
                wrote on 13 Jan 2021, 18:58 last edited by
                #73

                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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                        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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                          13 Jan 2021, 18:58

                          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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                          jon-nyc
                          wrote on 13 Jan 2021, 22:56 last edited by
                          #78

                          @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.

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

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                            Doctor Phibes
                            wrote on 13 Jan 2021, 23:27 last edited by
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                            A friend of mine's wife got the call yesterday, and the jab today. She's a harbormaster on
                            Cape Cod.

                            I was only joking

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                              13 Jan 2021, 23:27

                              A friend of mine's wife got the call yesterday, and the jab today. She's a harbormaster on
                              Cape Cod.

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                              George K
                              wrote on 13 Jan 2021, 23:32 last edited by
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                              @doctor-phibes said in What’s with the prioritization of “essential” workers?:

                              A friend of mine's wife got the call yesterday, and the jab today. She's a harbormaster on
                              Cape Cod.

                              Essential!

                              "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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                                13 Jan 2021, 23:32

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

                                A friend of mine's wife got the call yesterday, and the jab today. She's a harbormaster on
                                Cape Cod.

                                Essential!

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                                Doctor Phibes
                                wrote on 13 Jan 2021, 23:43 last edited by
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                                @george-k said in What’s with the prioritization of “essential” workers?:

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

                                A friend of mine's wife got the call yesterday, and the jab today. She's a harbormaster on
                                Cape Cod.

                                Essential!

                                It's hilarious. I looked her up on LinkedIn, and she's actually an assistant Harbormaster.

                                I was only joking

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                                  jon-nyc
                                  wrote on 14 Jan 2021, 00:07 last edited by jon-nyc
                                  #82

                                  So she sits in a tug by herself most of the time and 3-4 times a day joins one person in a cockpit for 20m. But by all means she 'deserves' it.

                                  Her 74 year old mom on chemo is just gonna have to wait.

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

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                                    Loki
                                    wrote on 14 Jan 2021, 00:12 last edited by
                                    #83

                                    https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/spain-judge-orders-incapacitated-woman-virus-vaccine-75227435

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                                      13 Jan 2021, 22:56

                                      @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.

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                                      LuFins Dad
                                      wrote on 14 Jan 2021, 03:59 last edited by
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                                      @jon-nyc said in What’s with the prioritization of “essential” workers?:

                                      @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.

                                      I may have missed the answer to that...

                                      The Brad

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                                        13 Jan 2021, 21:13

                                        Got my call for vaccination today.

                                        I respectfully declined...

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                                        Rainman
                                        wrote on 14 Jan 2021, 08:52 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...

                                        Jolly, I must have missed something.
                                        Why did you decline?
                                        It's pretty important to me if you're not taking the vaccine, you are the most knowledgeable on this forum when it comes to how things like a vaccine works.

                                        Of course it's none of my business, so there is that.

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                                          Loki
                                          wrote on 14 Jan 2021, 16:58 last edited by
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                                          North Dakota, West Virginia, Connecticut and South Dakota are winning the vaccination rate game at 74%,64,60 and 58% of distributed vaccines. Smaller populations of course but good lessons learned I suspect.

                                          National ave is 34%

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