A warped rollout
Re “Punish vaccine line- jumpers,” editorial, Dec. 30
The real issue with COVID- 19 vaccination isn’t line jumping, but rather the completely ineffective rollout of the vaccine itself. If you’re going to call people out using your editorial pulpit, then call out the U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the government agencies responsible for getting the hundreds of millions of people vaccinated that will be required to end this pandemic. I’m not attempting to justify those who would seek to “jump the line,” but we need to stop effectively rationing the vaccine and worrying so much about whether or not the CDC guidelines have been met to the letter. The only reason someone would be willing to pay $ 25,000 to get a shot is because they don’t believe they are going to get that shot in any rational period of time. And they would be right, given the current rollout.
We need mass vaccination. Turn Dodger Stadium into an inoculation center, not just a testing center. We need mobile vaccination facilities, and we need to let people know now where they stand in terms of their priority.
I will turn 65 next May. Why have I been lumped into the same category as 16- year- olds for inoculation prioritization by the state and the CDC? You may want to look at the reasons why people might want to create a vaccine black market rather than just pointing out that one may soon exist.
Santa Monica