On 1/29/2021 6:07 PM, micky wrote:
In alt.home.repair, on Fri, 29 Jan 2021 10:07:13 -0500, Ed Pawlowski
wrote:


It was from the start in FL. Once the front line was done our governor
said over 65.

That's why my brother in Florida, who is 80, can't get his shot yet,
even though he's more vulnerable than some 66-year old chippie.

It would have been better to start with 75 or 80 and over, or even 90
(though maybe there aren't enough of them to warrant a separate
section.) .


Same reason a 64 year old with a heart condition can't bet it because a
fairly healthy 81 year old got it instead.

But also an 81 year old with a heart condition can't get it because a
fairly healthy 66 year old got it instead.

How about a 45 year old with
asthma?

They can and most states do give priority to people with illnesses like
that. Not gout, psoriasis, dislocating shoulders, or even prostate
cancer, but asthma, yes.

In fact Florida itself does, though it adds "extremly" and requires
something from a hospital: "Persons deemed extremely vulnerable to
COVD-19 by hospital providers" So if you have a test that shows asthma
etc., you should have it at a hospital, it seems. Of course most such
people had their tests before or long before Corona started.

Now my brother doesn't have a heart condition afaik and is fairly
healthy afaik, but he's still 80.

Maybe we should have doctors going door to door and assess everyone's
health and assign them a priority number.

A lot of this stuff is documented already. For example, a printout of
your doctor's portal, or the recurring prescription list from your
pharmacy, or maybe one of those bracelets people wear, or a letter from
the doctor. That's what trump would do ;-) but I mean an honest one.

When I signed up they had a fairly long computer form to fill out and
the last question was , Do you have any [comorbidities]. I said yes,
because 1) I'm fat and 2)I have breathing problems that might or might
not be a risk factor here** and expected a box to open with a list of
reasons or a place for my explanation. But nothing hapened, no details
were allowed. So did I get any priority? More than I should have or
none at all?

**I don't know if is a risk here. I get out of wind quickly and I'm
hoping it's just cause I'm out of shape. I asked the cardiologist and
didn't get a firm reason. Feb 12, I'll ask someone else.

No matter how it is done, someone should be or thinks they should be
higher in the que and will be ****ed off.