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This article seems to have a lot more data on how they chose the first 5000: https://www.propublica.org/article/only-seven-of-stanfords-first-5-000-vaccines-we
by Exmoor 6y ago
This article seems to have a lot more data on how they chose the first 5000:
https://www.propublica.org/article/only-seven-of-stanfords-first-5-000-vaccines-were-designated-for-medical-residents https://www.propublica.org/article/only-seven-of-stanfords-f...
That article still doesn't give hard numbers on who actually is getting the vaccine in the first wave, but the implication is they have a sorting algorithm that heavily weighs the risk of serious negative outcomes due to age. Since residents just out of med school will most likely be some of the youngest members of the staff they got sorted lower. One of those things that looks completely reasonable in planning ("Let's put the people statistically highest at risk of dying first in line!") that shakes out in a way that looks terrible ("We put some of the lowest paid, hardest working employees at the back of the line").
- olliej 6y agoI mean they also prioritized the senior employees ... that are working from home. No one staying at home is at more risk than the people who are in hospital. It will be interesting to see what the algorithm they used was.