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Georgia

soothsayer

(38,601 posts) Tue Mar 23, 2021, 08:22 PM Mar 2021

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Jon Ossoff
@ossoff
GEORGIA: Beginning Thursday, all Georgians aged 16+ are eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine.

Make a plan to get vaccinated.

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Jon Ossoff: GEORGIA: Beginning Thursday, all Georgians aged 16+ are eligible for the COVID-19 vaccin (Original Post) soothsayer Mar 2021 OP

Ah, so that's why they're opening it up soothsayer Mar 2021 #2

(102,192 posts)

1. Georgia has the worst current record for vaccinating so they haven't finished high risk groups...

Tue Mar 23, 2021, 08:40 PM

Mar 2021

This seems exceedingly short-sided and likely will make it even harder for high-risk individuals to be vaccinated.

No one wants to see more people vaccinated--all people--as quickly as possible than I, but...

https://www.wrdw.com/2021/03/17/georgia-has-lowest-vaccination-rate-and-experts-say-it-has-only-itself-to-blame/

Georgia has lowest vaccination rate — and experts say it has itself to blame

(38,601 posts)

2. Ah, so that's why they're opening it up

Tue Mar 23, 2021, 08:41 PM

Mar 2021

Cuz no one’s taking it