My dad, 83, gets his 1st today, through the VA. Conservative, never contributes to candidates. He gets his for having been in the Army.
My mom (same politics) hasn’t been able to get one locally yet, but has a fall back in Potsdam on 2/23.
My wife ( very liberal, never contributes to candidates) gets her 2nd today. She’s gotten hers because she’s an RN. (They don’t differentiate for actual job duties, because she has never worked in a hospital.)
As an aside, but still a bit on topic (who gets the vaccine 1st), her employer, St. Joe’/Trinity Health had an interesting position that flies in the face of conventional vaccination distribution protocol.
St. Joe’s was mandating it’s RN staff (lots of non-hospitals RNs) to work in the hospital. They sent an email that if summoned, no one would be excused, even if they had underlying health issues themselves or someone in their household had health issues. If you refused to come in when called, for any reason, you would be fired, for cause, meaning no unemployment (potentially, given the relaxed rules under Covid.)
Their rationale was that the hospital is the safest place they could be, including at home, because of all of the protective equipment and protocols.
