COVID-19 2020

Q:

Julian, wrote: How do people not know this?

A:

Julian, wrote: Literally only 1% of the population is  beholden to HIPAA

You can look up anyone you know in New York State and see if they’ve been vaccinated. All you need is their name, date of birth, and zip code.

https://epass.ny.gov/identity

So you want me to look someone up?

#turn

https://www.instagram.com/p/CNDzFc_p1NY/?igshid=1u63fb26ol0a2

Look at you Yada! LOL


Most people have or are waiting their turn… but we are transitioning - in many places- to the stage where everyone is eligible


What you have with DC is a particular situation that makes it so more people than in most states as a percentage are going to try to get vaccinated quicker… you have a city surrounded by two states doing a comparatively better job

As far as I can tell it’s actually going really well if you think about it..with most waiting their turn.. its a country with 330 million people and 51 different jurisdictions overseeing vaccination

hutch wrote:
Look at you Yada! LOL


Most people have or are waiting their turn… but we are transitioning - in many places- to the stage where everyone is eligible


What you have with DC is a particular situation that makes it so more people than in most states as a percentage are going to try to get vaccinated quicker… you have a city surrounded by two states doing a comparatively better job

As far as I can tell it’s actually going really well if you think about it..with most waiting their turn.. its a country with 330 million people and 51 different jurisdictions overseeing vaccination

and I quote, "about 10 percent of DC’s population is fully inoculated against Covid-19."

That's a god awful stat right there for a city with under a million people of mostly libs that would want a vaccine.

Yup DC dropped the ball


Not sure why


Bowser seemed to be doing a good job.. but not anymore

Oh I can explain why: DC is hyper-focused on being equitable. Virginia has like two main pools of vaccines (health department ones and pharmacy ones) and a few niche ones for health care workers and long term care residents. DC is taking most doses and putting it into health department and then have these giant rolling qualifications for groups that differs on a zip code level in hopes of equitable rolling out vaxes among intersection groups.

And that's a super amazing goal and idea; however, its super difficult to put into practice. Basically, the states/districts that had these super complicated rollout plans in the name of equity – e.g Cali, NY, DC – struggled mightily. Those who made the simplest systems possible (e.g. "this week is 70+ … next week is 68+ … two weeks from now is 66+") – see New Mexico or West Virginia – are outpacing the nation on vaccination precentage.

Julian, wrote:
  see New Mexico or West Virginia – are outpacing the nation on vaccination precentage.

My assumption is demand is lower in these areas as well, right?

Yada wrote:

Julian, wrote:
  see New Mexico or West Virginia – are outpacing the nation on vaccination precentage.

My assumption is demand is lower in these areas as well, right?

WV maybe that is the case but NM just voted blue so they're not a ton of vax denying hippies. If vaccine hesitancy led to higher percentage of populations getting vaccinated more quickly, that trend should follow in the deep south and it really isn't.

WV and NM had super easy to execute rollout plans and good communication around who was eligible when because, again, it was super easy to understand. I might more align with the more thoughtful equitable plans like DCs but I think we're seeing, a more complicated plan (1) is harder to execute with no experience in mass vaccinations and (2) leads to otherwise well-informed people not even understanding if they're able to get vaccinated now and how/where they would accomplish that. (The federal pharmacy partnership program is actually a super success in helping every state with this.) There's something to be said for "keep it simple stupid."

Julian, wrote:

Yada wrote:

Julian, wrote:
  see New Mexico or West Virginia – are outpacing the nation on vaccination precentage.

My assumption is demand is lower in these areas as well, right?

WV maybe that is the case but NM just voted blue so they're not a ton of vax denying hippies. If vaccine hesitancy led to higher percentage of populations getting vaccinated more quickly, that trend should follow in the deep south and it really isn't.

WV and NM had super easy to execute rollout plans and good communication around who was eligible when because, again, it was super easy to understand. I might more align with the more thoughtful equitable plans like DCs but I think we're seeing, a more complicated plan (1) is harder to execute with no experience in mass vaccinations and (2) leads to otherwise well-informed people not even understanding if they're able to get vaccinated now and how/where they would accomplish that. (The federal pharmacy partnership program is actually a super success in helping every state with this.) There's something to be said for "keep it simple stupid."

Preach, son!

I agree… Assuming native Americans (blue or not) aren't big on getting vaxxed either, but I could be wrong…

Agree thank Jesus for the pharmacies…

Yada wrote:
Assuming native Americans (blue or not) aren't big on getting vaxxed either, but I could be wrong…

That's a potentially fair point.

Julian, wrote:

NM just voted blue so they're not a ton of vax denying hippies.

This tells me you've never been to Taos, Santa Fe or some of the suburbs of Albuquerque.  Makes even San Francisco look downright normal by comparison.

Julian, wrote:

WV and NM had super easy to execute rollout plans and good communication around who was eligible when because, again, it was super easy to understand. I might more align with the more thoughtful equitable plans like DCs but I think we're seeing, a more complicated plan (1) is harder to execute with no experience in mass vaccinations and (2) leads to otherwise well-informed people not even understanding if they're able to get vaccinated now and how/where they would accomplish that. (The federal pharmacy partnership program is actually a super success in helping every state with this.) There's something to be said for "keep it simple stupid."

While I believe some of your narrative is true, supply is by far the biggest impediment in CA.  Sure, New Mexico is getting their shots out very well, West Virginia is behind CA and NY when it comes to the % percentage of shots they've doled out, which is shocking when you consider the scale of the other two states:

2. New Mexico
Doses distributed to state: 1,442,775
Doses administered: 1,258,002
Percentage of distributed vaccines that have been administered: 87.19

28. New York
Doses distributed to state: 11,913,695
Doses administered: 9,261,975
Percentage of distributed vaccines that have been administered: 77.74

31. California
Doses distributed to state: 23,660,110 
Doses administered: 18,223,412
Percentage of distributed vaccines that have been administered: 77.02

32. West Virginia
Doses distributed to state: 1,136,405
Doses administered: 874,459
Percentage of distributed vaccines that have been administered: 76.95

39. District of Columbia
Doses distributed to state: 514,945
Doses administered: 374,297
Percentage of distributed vaccines that have been administered: 72.69

States ranked by percentage of COVID-19 vaccines administered: April 1

I'm sure some data/numbers master can pull this data and find it much quicker than me… but wow.

Basically out of the DMV area (minus a few tiny road trips to PA/local beaches) for the first time in over a year and no one gives a shit about Covid in Arizona. No one… Everything is open, masks are optional at best…

Maybe it's the nice weather???? Maybe it's the overwhelming Trump support??? Maybe it's people that just don't give a fuck…. but who's got my stats on places like this in terms of covid rates vs. lock down societies like where we live and what the % differences are in terms of cases, rates per capita, mortality, etc? Space? Brennser?

Arizona did horrible!!!


And partly because of that Biden beat Trump there…

Arizona 2334/ million dead
Maryland 1383/million dead
Virginia 1214/million dead



So about twice as bad

And that’s even with their head start advantage.. DMV was naturally screwed due to proximity and contact with NYC

Arizona had many months to get ready and did nothing and got hit hard


So tired - not saying you/ with people saying lockdown was useless

hutch wrote:
Arizona 2334/ million dead
Maryland 1383/million dead
Virginia 1214/million dead



So about twice as bad

And that’s even with their head start advantage.. DMV was naturally screwed due to proximity and contact with NYC

Arizona had many months to get ready and did nothing and got hit hard


So tired - not saying you/ with people saying lockdown was useless

Thanks for the quick pull of data!

Easier to understand

1 in 824 Virginians died from covid so far


1 in 723 Marylanders died from covid so far

1 in 428 Arizonans died from covid so far