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Honest q: anyone proposed how they're going to assess who is "high risk" & who isn't in order to get vaccines? Is there going to be a byzantine paperwork requirement to fulfill that will favor those with access to care over those without? Will they make us prove our disabilities?
I just see this as another way inequity may increase in this pandemic. Marginalized populations who are most at risk are also the very people with the least access to care that might be needed to fill out forms in order to prove they are in fact high risk.
First story I see addressing this and admitting it might be chaos.
"I wouldn't be surprised if thousands of individuals get left out because of the information gap" @TinglongDai https://amp.usatoday.com/amp/4008128001
"I wouldn't be surprised if thousands of individuals get left out because of the information gap" @TinglongDai https://amp.usatoday.com/amp/4008128001
"Eligibility certification" seems like a great way to police disability and ensure inequities increase because someone can't prove their eligibility all while potentially wasting vaccines if they're already thawed. https://twitter.com/webdevMason/status/1345519977600716800?s=19
The whole "lets make sure they don't cut the line" or "game the system" to get a vaccine before others is very hunger games-esque and I don't like it. It will make getting a vaccine harder when we need to make it easier and go faster.
And there it is: "documentation". In trying to police categories of eligibility, we create hurdles that will likely widen inequities, especially for those already hit hardest by the pandemic. https://twitter.com/megtirrell/status/1349040738072481794?s=19
We think it's bad now, wait until we get to the "high risk" groups... @zeynep gets it. https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1350209011430391808?s=19
