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Adding to the second-guessing about who should be getting shots is the scattershot feel of the rollout, and the sense that some might be gaming the system.
Varying eligibility rules and unequal access to the vaccine doses are also breeding guilt, envy and judgment among those who’ve had their doses and those awaiting their turn.
February 25, 2021 A few weeks ago, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a startling report: minorities in the US—particularly Latinos—were getting vaccinated at disproportionately lower rates compared to Whites despite suffering higher rates of infection and death from Covid-19. During the first months vaccinations were available, Latinos in the US received about 11.5% of the vaccinations, while Non-Hispanic whites, on the other hand, got over 60% of the vaccines—at least when the report had access to racial and ethnic data. Vaccine administrators only collec...
More contagious virus variants are adding pressure to speed up vaccinations, complicating efforts to ensure hard-to-reach communities don't get left behind.
Line-Jumping to get COVID-19 Vaccines Driven by Selfishness and Fear “We're seeing an absolutely unethical gaming of the system: 'If you don't find loopholes to help yourself,' people say, 'you're the sucker.' " There's no doubt that when demand is high and supply is limited, people are capable of outrageous self-regard. by Alfred Lubrano, The Philadelphia Inquirer / February 8, 2021 TNS (TNS) - Feb. 6—Rich, white New Yorkers flock to a low-income Dominican community and crowd out neighborhood people awaiting COVID-19 vaccinations in...