The states that took this seriously and held infection rates and deaths down should be rewarded. The fucking Dakotas can go last, after vulnerable people there are vaccinated.

Just put a vaccination station in the employee breakroom for the ER/ICU and vaccinate the people actually showing up to work, as they come in. Boom.

All of Congress is getting the vaccine, for “continuity of government operations”. But that is EXTREME BULLSHIT. So these people can refuse to provide any meaningful relief to regular people but they still get their government-funded healthcare and salary and pensions and are first in line for the vaccine. Should be,…

Marco Rubio got vaccinated. What makes him a candidate? Because he’s a senator? He’s pretty much useless. He doesn’t even believe being maskless in restaurants can get infected from COVID or spread COVID

Yep. Also really fucking selfish. And over the past year, we’ve seen at least half the country fall into one or both of these categories, so I'm not optimistic.

The vaccinated will only return to maskless life if they’re really fucking dumb. We have to keep wearing masks until 70, 80% of people are vaccinated.

None of this is surprising. I predicted that upper level staff at hospitals (administrators, etc.) would not be excluded from this first wave of vaccinations even though they can work from home. Additionally, at some hospitals in Southern CA, residents and medical students who are completing internships that are…

Well considering how some organizations like the NHL, Corporations and some rich folks in California (offering 5K-25K) are offering money for early access I think it’s already starting.

And, as usual, the rich will be putting on dresses and rushing for the lifeboats.

First, blame the computer. If that doesn’t work, blame some low-level employee. If that doesn’t work, blame the media.

That looks generally fine, but I’d add people with comorbidities that put them at higher risk. Probably put them up with the “over 80" group.

Hahaha, coffee came out my nose when I read this! As the older sister of a brother who played pee-wee hockey for years this is so very accurate. And she will do it while waving a cow bell and yelling at both refs and coaches.

“Allegedly the error was caused by a faulty algorithm”

Yes! I was heartened by the last sentence in the article.

LOL! My mom handled scheduling for a recreational ladies’ doubles tennis league back in the ’90s. Eventually she taught herself Visual Basic and programmed that shit into Excel. But she hand-verified the results!

In most (all?) of the medical research institutes I’ve worked at (though admittedly none in the US), the custodial staff and the food staff were all employed through third party contractors. I strongly suspect that none of them will be included in the vaccination programs of these institutes because they aren’t…

Pigs. This is like a scene from Animal Farm where, “some are more equal than others.” But this is also typical of the less than savory aspect of human nature. The moment the vaccine is rolled out people stop acting like rational individuals and scramble “every man for themselves” and use their power or privilege to…

but how will the consultants justify their insanely bloated contracts if they don’t deliver efficiencies or harness technologies or produce customized algorithms??

Allegedly the error was caused by a faulty algorithm, however the protestors claim that Stanford became aware of the error on Tuesday and did nothing to course correct.

I am, sadly, not surprised. That said, good on the faculty heads who are standing with the residents and fellows.