Yes. It‘s a focus in Philly as well. The city is up to 68% of adults fully vaccinated which trails the suburbs but is pretty solid for a major urban center. There have been ongoing and continuous efforts to reach all neighborhoods. It’s not easy but they are getting it done.
they’re not being left behind. There is no cost to getting the vaccine. It doesn’t require employment. It can be done at a variety of places. Local governments have sent teams to specifically go to places like tent cities and streets with a notable homeless population to offer vaccination. They’re not the ones showing up to workplaces contagious. They’re not the ones telling people nonsense on Facebook. You’re trying to scapegoat a small group of people genuinely in an awful place for reasons you don‘t seem to be explaining clearly.
I’m not “scapegoating” anything. I’m trying to point out that these people deserve the attention everyone else does, the numbers show they aren’t getting it.
Wait, I thought you said they weren’t homeless…now I’m confused
They’re not getting the same level of attention because they’re not the problem right now. That doesn’t mean there are not efforts that have been underway since the beginning.
Wait, I thought you said they weren’t homeless…now I’m confused
I don‘t understand what you are trying to say to be honest. How does an OSHA mandate on employers with 100+ workers negatively impact poor people who don’t work? If that mandate didn’t happen they would be no better and no worse off. It has no impact on someone who doesn’t work. I’m not sure why you think nothing is being done to get them vaccinated. There are plenty of things being done.
Exactly what I’ve been trying to say. I’m all for any effort to get more people vaccinated. I haven’t heard of a plan that would survive legal challenges to address that particular problem. The only possibility is to have all 50 states independently mandate vaccines for all citizens. That’s just simply not going to happen.
If every homeless person or person with no job was vaccinated we still wouldn’t reach a high enough percentage. To me this phase of the vaccination rollout isn’t at all punitive. You seem to view it as punishing one group and letting another off the hook. Getting everyone vaccinated is the goal (100% - even though we won’t get there). Under the authority granted by Congress to OSHA there can be a rule implemented that protects 100M workers. Not all of them will choose vaccination but most will and that’s a big win. Efforts will continue to reach everyone else. Like every vaccination campaign throughout history there will need to be additional effort to reach certain communities but there’s no magic bullet to reach these communities. Unlike in the past, at least cost of the vaccine isn’t an issue this time around but it takes time and grass roots efforts to reach everyone.
As winter comes, we'll be screwed up to have huge COVID-19 surge coming up by holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas, we're doomed now. @GoofGoof
There’s a reason for that. I tried to follow but the indignation keeps changing.
Then perhaps counties and cities should step up and get some mandates going. These two counties have a high POC population, and they definitely aren’t “right-wing” hotbeds. The numbers are sad.
I don’t disagree that nobody is going to change their mind. That’s why the plan has changed to mandates and passports. If people don’t want to get vaccinated they won’t get vaccinated, but more and more they will have less places they can work and less places they can go with large crowds. So it‘s all a choice but every choice comes with consequences.
That’s oddly convenient. Its easy to say nothing is being done when you admit to ignoring what is being done. It also means you are missing things like the directive for OSHA to create a rule requiring paid time off for vaccination. But ultimately you are contradicting yourself because regardless of economic status people have agency, so if they have chosen to not get vaccinated then any efforts to reach them will involve some level of changing their mind.
None of these people you reference work? Do they go to bars or ballgames or theme parks or fly somewhere for vacation? Do they attend other large group gatherings? Employer mandates combined with vaccine passports would go a long way in most counties, including the ones you are pointing out?
The OSHA rule will only helps companies but we have already seen the positive results of employer mandates with corporations that were first movers and mandated vaccination on their own. Vaccine rates went way up and once the fear of losing workers to competitors is removed a lot more employers will be eager to adopt similar policies.
