Virginia’s Covid Vaccination Plan – Nothing to Exercise
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31 responses to “Virginia’s Covid Vaccination Plan – Nothing to Exercise”
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It has been a fascinating train wreck to watch. So, how do Salem, Staunton and Waynesboro get to about 40% vaccinated (per the state’s data, 40,000 or more per 100,000) while Norfolk and Portsmouth just broke the 10,000 per 100,000 line, and Hopewell isn’t even there yet? Uneven state distribution, better local management or high numbers of refusals in some cities?
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Update 22 hours later… well, those numbers have disappeared from the VDH website today! Salem, Staunton and Waynesboro for example no longer indicate such deep vaccination penetration after all….question resolved. ?!?
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Rule #1 on VDH website:
If you see something interesting, download or screen capture it. Information there is very transitory.
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It has been a fascinating train wreck to watch. So, how do Salem, Staunton and Waynesboro get to about 40% vaccinated (per the state’s data, 40,000 or more per 100,000) while Norfolk and Portsmouth just broke the 10,000 per 100,000 line, and Hopewell isn’t even there yet? Uneven state distribution, better local management or high numbers of refusals in some cities?
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Update 22 hours later… well, those numbers have disappeared from the VDH website today! Salem, Staunton and Waynesboro for example no longer indicate such deep vaccination penetration after all….question resolved. ?!?
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Rule #1 on VDH website:
If you see something interesting, download or screen capture it. Information there is very transitory.
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Who knows? With no practice scenarios, the blind are leading the blind.
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Who knows? With no practice scenarios, the blind are leading the blind.
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Sometimes “government work” matters more than others. This is one of those times.
The utter failure of Virginia’s emergency management and health bureaucracies to do their jobs either before or during the pandemic is, as I wrote here a while back, the biggest government scandal in Virginia history, and certainly the most consequential.
But there will be no accountability and no consequences other than pay raises for those whose responsibilities these were.
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Another sign the state ain’t too bright, if this is true: Apparently they don’t have caller ID on their outgoing calls inviting people. You’d think they’d have calls marked “Dept of Health” or “State of VA” or something so it doesn’t look like spam….but the advice is pick any call that looks like junk, it may be them…
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Of course, unless you choose email as the contact preference.
Oooh, oooh, “IRS”. That’ll make ’em want to answer the call.
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People who work for government are human. They react similarly to everyone else in that they will put the most effort into the things which are rewarded. I’ve been watching this in action for the last 20 years.
If someone shines a bright light on single points of failure and gaping vulnerabilities, they will be punished. That’s happened to me multiple times.
What’s rewarded? That’s easy to see.
“Virginia Department of Emergency Management Receives Governor’s Honor Award for Ongoing Efforts to Enhance Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion”
If we want a different result, we need to change what we reward.
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Sometimes “government work” matters more than others. This is one of those times.
The utter failure of Virginia’s emergency management and health bureaucracies to do their jobs either before or during the pandemic is, as I wrote here a while back, the biggest government scandal in Virginia history, and certainly the most consequential.
But there will be no accountability and no consequences other than pay raises for those whose responsibilities these were.
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Another sign the state ain’t too bright, if this is true: Apparently they don’t have caller ID on their outgoing calls inviting people. You’d think they’d have calls marked “Dept of Health” or “State of VA” or something so it doesn’t look like spam….but the advice is pick any call that looks like junk, it may be them…
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Of course, unless you choose email as the contact preference.
Oooh, oooh, “IRS”. That’ll make ’em want to answer the call.
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People who work for government are human. They react similarly to everyone else in that they will put the most effort into the things which are rewarded. I’ve been watching this in action for the last 20 years.
If someone shines a bright light on single points of failure and gaping vulnerabilities, they will be punished. That’s happened to me multiple times.
What’s rewarded? That’s easy to see.
“Virginia Department of Emergency Management Receives Governor’s Honor Award for Ongoing Efforts to Enhance Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion”
If we want a different result, we need to change what we reward.
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Thank you for this clear explanation.
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Thank you for this clear explanation.
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“When it is your turn for a vaccination, you will receive an email, phone call or text message from your local health department or a partner provider (such as a hospital, pharmacy, or physician) with information to schedule your appointment.”
So that is in my mailbox this morning from VDH. Implies that VDH is deciding who gets a shot, even if through a pharmacy or doc’s office? Don’t call us, we’ll call you….just sign up here and be patient….It is better now to have confirmation we’re on the list….
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“When it is your turn for a vaccination, you will receive an email, phone call or text message from your local health department or a partner provider (such as a hospital, pharmacy, or physician) with information to schedule your appointment.”
So that is in my mailbox this morning from VDH. Implies that VDH is deciding who gets a shot, even if through a pharmacy or doc’s office? Don’t call us, we’ll call you….just sign up here and be patient….It is better now to have confirmation we’re on the list….
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“– Vaccines will not be available for approximately six months following identification of the virus and will be in limited quantities when made available, necessitating the need to develop and implement a distribution plan.”
Where did the “six months” figure come from? Sounds like someone pulled that number out of their butt.
Please see the quotes below from Dr. Francis Collins, the director of the National Institutes of Health (and Dr. Anthony Fauci’s boss).
“The Operation Warp Speed, for which I give a great deal of credit to [former HHS] Secretary [Alex] Azar, was an effort that many of us were not initially convinced was going to be necessary,” Collins said.
“And it was thought about as a ‘Manhattan Project,'” Collins continued. “Those words were used sometimes to describe what needed to happen in order to get all parts of the government together in an unprecedented way to test up to six vaccines in rigorous trials — and to do this at-risk manufacturing so that if any of those trials happen to work, you would already have doses ready to go into arms. That would not be the way things are traditionally done.”
“That that got done in 11 months from when we first knew about this virus is at least five years faster than it’s ever been before before,” Collins said.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/fauci-boss-credits-trump-administration-covid-vaccine
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Overall, the guidance was prescient. Your observation is correct, but truly a nit-pick.
The date that the vaccine became available was not a factor in the planning required, just the fact that there would be one and it had to be distributed and administered in some pre-scripted and supported way.
See my column on this this morning.
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“Your observation is correct, but truly a nit-pick.”
True.
We will probably continue to founder with COVID-19 but as tragic as it’s been, there will be numerous for lessons learned. That’s why your articles are important. Thanks for doing them.
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You are welcome.
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“– Vaccines will not be available for approximately six months following identification of the virus and will be in limited quantities when made available, necessitating the need to develop and implement a distribution plan.”
Where did the “six months” figure come from? Sounds like someone pulled that number out of their butt.
Please see the quotes below from Dr. Francis Collins, the director of the National Institutes of Health (and Dr. Anthony Fauci’s boss).
“The Operation Warp Speed, for which I give a great deal of credit to [former HHS] Secretary [Alex] Azar, was an effort that many of us were not initially convinced was going to be necessary,” Collins said.
“And it was thought about as a ‘Manhattan Project,'” Collins continued. “Those words were used sometimes to describe what needed to happen in order to get all parts of the government together in an unprecedented way to test up to six vaccines in rigorous trials — and to do this at-risk manufacturing so that if any of those trials happen to work, you would already have doses ready to go into arms. That would not be the way things are traditionally done.”
“That that got done in 11 months from when we first knew about this virus is at least five years faster than it’s ever been before before,” Collins said.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/fauci-boss-credits-trump-administration-covid-vaccine
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Overall, the guidance was prescient. Your observation is correct, but truly a nit-pick.
The date that the vaccine became available was not a factor in the planning required, just the fact that there would be one and it had to be distributed and administered in some pre-scripted and supported way.
See my column on this this morning.
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“Your observation is correct, but truly a nit-pick.”
True.
We will probably continue to founder with COVID-19 but as tragic as it’s been, there will be numerous for lessons learned. That’s why your articles are important. Thanks for doing them.
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You are welcome.
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VACCINATION! Oh, now these comments make sense.
Man, vacation plan and these comments make no sense at all. Nobody vacations in Virginia this time of year. Cold rain is nothing for which to take time from work. -
VACCINATION! Oh, now these comments make sense.
Man, vacation plan and these comments make no sense at all. Nobody vacations in Virginia this time of year. Cold rain is nothing for which to take time from work. -
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