The COVID-19 pandemic

[ijmorlan]

It's unclear to me how much this has affected vaccine update...I think the efforts to promote it in these areas has more than overcome the limitations, but it highlights a third way in which certain groups may be less likely to get vaccinated, and that is access--people who lack the flexible working hours that I have may not be able to spend the time to wait in line at a popup clinic--and I didn't even have to do so, how unfair is that.

Thanks, lots of good points.

I totally agree we really should start by making sure everybody even has easy access. For me, driving out to the Boardwalk was annoying (because I don’t like the Boardwalk) but not actually even rising to the level of inconvenient. For another, getting way out there could be a significant inconvenience. Bus service isn’t too bad (although not great, honestly; I think the actual clinic might be pretty far from the bus stop) but depending on how busy a person is with kids and a low-paying, long-hours job, even that might not be particularly easy to fit into the schedule.