Coronavirus in DFW - News & Discussion (Dallas: subdivisions, supermarket)

[EDS_]

Originally Posted by elan

https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/he...8-d9891a03f40c

The state must reverse or amend this.....limiting what is supposed to be multi-county effort to a handful of zip codes in Dallas proper isn't going to pass any level of legal muster. As even Jenkins somewhat alludes.

[elan]

Originally Posted by EDS_

The state must reverse or amend this.....limiting what is supposed to be multi-county effort to a handful of zip codes in Dallas proper isn't going to pass any level of legal muster. As even Jenkins somewhat alludes.

I'm in group 1B and signed up rather quickly, pretty sure it was the first day. I'm beyond furious.

[NTXPerson]

The Commissioners had an emergency meeting today and retracted their plan.

[EDS_]

Originally Posted by elan

I'm in group 1B and signed up rather quickly, pretty sure it was the first day. I'm beyond furious.

I hope you get vaccinated ASAHP.

[EDS_]

Originally Posted by NTXPerson

The Commissioners had an emergency meeting today and retracted their plan.

Thanks. Just read a DMN story about this.

Apparently Judge Jenkins alerted the state about the commissioner's/Koch's policy changes. The state then threatened to withhold supply.


I guess it's back to the previous plan.

[4Movingeast]

My parents are both in Tarrant Co and have gotten their first shots. They are both in the "age only" group as they are super healthy and have no underlying conditions. My FIL and his wife, also in Tarrant, haven't gotten their call but for whatever reason they didn't sign up as promptly as my folks did.

[Ralph_Kirk]

Originally Posted by 4Movingeast

My parents are both in Tarrant Co and have gotten their first shots. They are both in the "age only" group as they are super healthy and have no underlying conditions.

The bad thing is that without some very significant testing, we don't know that we don't have an underlying condition, and the older we are the more likely we have such a condition even if we seem to be healthy.

But the overwhelming odds are that nearly everyone in the US will have contracted the disease within another year because it's so infectious, the vaccination process is moving so slowely, and Americans have so little discipline.

So we old people who seem healthy (like myself) have to weigh the odds: Contracting the disease is almost inevitable without the vaccine, and the odds of then becoming permanently disabled or dying are significant...but there is also a risk from the vaccine, which at this point seems to me a more acceptable risk than waiting to catch the disease.

The race is: Will I be able to get the vaccine before I get the disease?

[Marc Paolella]

Originally Posted by EDS_

Thanks. Just read a DMN story about this.

Apparently Judge Jenkins alerted the state about the commissioner's/Koch's policy changes. The state then threatened to withhold supply.


I guess it's back to the previous plan.

So this commissioner picked his favorite zip codes. And excluded others. How interesting.

The commissioner stated his rationale:
"Those that are over 75, those that have made it this far in life, are wealthier and Whiter. They tend to be those that are living in single-family homes, have enough wealth and ability to keep themselves properly segregated from other folks as to not get the disease," Koch said. "

So basically using race and income to determine who gets vaccinated.

Why does this commissioner still have a job?

[sanz7887]

Originally Posted by Marc Paolella

So this commissioner picked his favorite zip codes. And excluded others. How interesting.

The commissioner stated his rationale:
"Those that are over 75, those that have made it this far in life, are wealthier and Whiter. They tend to be those that are living in single-family homes, have enough wealth and ability to keep themselves properly segregated from other folks as to not get the disease," Koch said. "

So basically using race and income to determine who gets vaccinated.

Why does this commissioner still have a job?

Why do all these stupid people try to make more stupid choices. Just follow the general rule...the Virus doesn't distinguish between rich and poor

[TurtleCreek80]

Originally Posted by sanz7887

Why do all these stupid people try to make more stupid choices. Just follow the general rule...the Virus doesn't distinguish between rich and poor

No, it does’t distinguish between rich and poor but if you look at the maps of Covid cases in DFW (or probably any other place in the US), the low income zip codes have been hit the hardest. The highest numbers - by far - are south of I-30 and in the low income pockets of northeast Dallas and northwest Dallas.

Those are zip codes where residents are at high risk of contracting the virus due to in-person jobs (frontline & essential workers, domestic labor, construction, factory/warehouse, etc), higher rate of multi-generational housing. Plus higher rates of residents without health insurance, primary care doctor, ESL, etc so when they do get it...it’s worse. Also higher rates of comorbidities.

Wealthier zip codes tend to have a much higher rate of WFH jobs and better access to healthcare. YET - those are the zip codes who have the highest vax rates.

Inequality is REAL and COVID is shining a light on this huge problem’s effect on every aspect of life, from making a living to healthcare access to internet access and education gaps, etc etc etc.

Incompetence is also REAL and the failure of the Trump administration AND the State of Texas (since vax plans were left to the states) to devise a plan AND educate the public about how they will get their vax notifications is a complete and total disaster. Which is why a Dallas commissioner made a mis-guided recommendation to prioritize certain zip codes. His motives weren’t wrong even if it wasn’t the right (or legal) thing to do.

The CDC should have been given the resources to run a HUGE vaccination education campaign on TV/web/radio/print/city busses/etc starting last summer when it was apparent vaccines would be approved in Q4. The campaign should have included the critical information of 1) how to register, 2) how you would be informed about when it was time for your vax & where to go, 3) vaccine safety vs virus risk. And then - my opinion- should have been vaxxed in priority group order, by lottery.

We should not be 40+ days after vaccinations were Approved and in this kind of information cluster**** where it’s every man for himself.