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The District of Columbia received only enough COVID-19 vaccines for fewer than one in 10 healthcare workers during the first distribution, drawing criticism from local medical authorities. It s a little disappointing, said E. W. Emanuel, MD, the District of Columbia Medical Society president and an obstetrician with Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group.
Emanuel is particularly upset that officials did not account for the transience of the regional workforce with the first disbursement, especially when considering that the federal government is here, he said. We found that disappointing to be quite honest.
The first doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine were disseminated to Washington, D.C., by the federal government based on population. While fewer than 700,000 people live in the District, a large proportion of the metro area s population of 6 million work there including healthcare workers.