Originally Posted by
ezcc
I really wish they had done front line healthcare and then moved through everyone else by age. Trying to do it by occupation leaves it so open to cheating, and means people with really low risk are getting it way ahead of people who are much higher risk. I know this will soon be a distant memory, but as cases are rising again here I am frustrated and trying to be patient.
This is what our state did. HC workers, nursing homes and first responder, then by age. They added some pre-existing conditions after they were through the highest age groups, but those had to be scheduled through their doctors (they were not broad categories like T2DM).
Age is the easiest thing to verify and not easy to lie about (people may be able to fudge a little, but a 30 is not going to be mistaken for a 60 yo). Any other allocation just adds barriers to the patients and more paperwork and playing gatekeeper to the people running the clinics.
The feds through a wrench in things requiring states to open to educators, so they had to do that, which has led to more cheating (no proof is required).
Mama to three boys ('03, '05, '07)