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The rich and powerful are using their influence to get early inoculations. And there’s nothing we can do about it, writes Guardian columnist Arwa Mahdawi
Loopholes make it all too easy to jump to the front of the line.
Vaccine hunters and skipping line - can America’s Covid vaccination ‘cheats’ be stopped? Danielle Zoellner © Provided by The Independent A mass vaccination campaign is underway in the United States to get every American inoculated, at a time when new Covid-19 variants are spreading through communities and the country surpasses 450,000 deaths. The demand for a Covid-19 vaccine currently exceeds the limited supply available, forcing the federal government and states to determine who should receive the necessary jab first. The Biden administration recommended for states t...
(Wikipedia/CNS Photo. America Media composite) The Covid-19 vaccine rollout in the United States is full of people taking advantage of the system. At least that is what one popular narrative would have you believe. This perception intensified this week when Stacey Griffith, a 52-year-old spin cycle instructor, received the vaccine in New York, claiming that she was eligible because she was “an educator.” (She has since apologized.) Outrage over the incident was so widespread that it received a write up in several papers of record (even an explainer) and a comment from the mayor of New ...
This week, while most New Yorkers feared death by icefall, others had more rarefied concerns Midtown Manhattan from above. The tallest tower is 432 Park Avenue, where the upper floors ‘creak like the galley of a ship’, say residents. Photograph: Yukinori Hasumi/Getty Images Midtown Manhattan from above. The tallest tower is 432 Park Avenue, where the upper floors ‘creak like the galley of a ship’, say residents. Photograph: Yukinori Hasumi/Getty Images Fri 5 Feb 2021 08.51 EST Last modified on Fri 5 Feb 2021 10.04 EST Monday In his novel Upstate, the critic and novelist James Wood c...