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Curious whether vaccine distribution takes into account things like available hospital capacity, local infection/death rates, etc. or does each state just get d
by throwaway201103 6y ago
Curious whether vaccine distribution takes into account things like available hospital capacity, local infection/death rates, etc. or does each state just get doses in proportion to population, or something else?
- SpicyLemonZest 6y agoThe federal government is handing doses off to states based solely on population. California's local allocation strategy isn't public as far as I know, just the high-level priority list of who should get vaccinated.
- emerged 6y agoIt’s fascinating that the list basically of who gets to live is not public.
- SpicyLemonZest 6y agoI think it's the right call. The best way to protect lives is to make sure the shots get into people's arms as fast as possible; we can't afford to have distribution held up with interminable debates about how the factors weigh out in specific cases. (The general list of factors they'll consider is public at https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/CDPH-Allocation-Guidelines-for-COVID-19-Vaccine-During-Phase-1A-Recommendations.aspx https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/CDP...)
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