By Matt Rothschild - Feb 4th, 2021 09:42 am //end headline wrapper ?>Van Wanggaard. Photo from the State of Wisconsin Blue Book 2015-16.
Amid the outcry over the insanity of Republican legislators trying to overturn Gov.
Tony Evers’s mask mandate, a particularly outrageous display of Republican COVID callousness hasn’t received the attention it deserves.
And that’s the GOP’s effort to block inmates from getting immunizations ahead of the general population in Wisconsin.
Never mind that the COVID outbreak has hit jails and prisons in Wisconsin at astonishing high rates, with slightly more than 50% of all inmates in Wisconsin correctional facilities coming down with the virus.
How are some people who aren’t eligible for a vaccine getting vaccinated?
February 1, 2021 6:47 PM Amanda Quintana
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Vaccinators are forced to decide how they can get those shots into arms as quickly as possible.
One of the most recent, notable examples is the vaccination of Milwaukee Bucks executive Alex Lasry. He tweeted that he got vaccinated last week because his wife’s uncle alerted them that there were extra doses that would go to waste.
Lasry is 33 years old and technically not eligible for a vaccine under DHS’s guidelines. There are still hundreds of thousands of people over the age of 65 who are eligible and haven’t had a chance to get the vaccine yet.
By Amanda Quintana
Feb 1, 2021 6:47 PM
MADISON, Wis. In Wisconsin, some people who are not eligible to receive a vaccine are still getting vaccinated. Although it can seem like people are cutting in line, it’s a result of extra doses at clinics.
Vaccinators are forced to decide how they can get those shots into arms as quickly as possible.
One of the most recent, notable examples is the vaccination of Milwaukee Bucks executive Alex Lasry. He tweeted that he got vaccinated last week because his wife’s uncle alerted them that there were extra doses that would go to waste.
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