{"id":187900,"date":"2021-02-24T19:20:57","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T16:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/covid-vaccine-codes-for-hard-hit-communities-misused-in-rich-areas\/"},"modified":"2021-02-24T19:20:57","modified_gmt":"2021-02-24T16:20:57","slug":"covid-vaccine-codes-for-hard-hit-communities-misused-in-rich-areas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/covid-vaccine-codes-for-hard-hit-communities-misused-in-rich-areas\/","title":{"rendered":"#COVID vaccine codes for hard-hit communities misused in rich areas"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#COVID vaccine codes for hard-hit communities misused in rich areas<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Wealthy Californians have reportedly been getting their hands on vaccine access codes intended for residents of poor neighborhoods \u2014 helping them snag app<\/a>ointments for the coveted jabs.<\/p>\n

The special-access codes were provided to community organizers to distribute as part of a program to address vaccine inequality in black and Latino areas hard-hit by the virus, the Los Angeles Times reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Codes are meant for residents of those neighborhoods who are eligible for the vaccine under current state criteria, but might struggle to make an appointment,<\/p>\n

But they\u2019re being shared in group texts by people who the codes weren\u2019t meant for \u2014 wealthier Californians with the ability to work from home, the news<\/a>paper reported.<\/p>\n

Many of the people who have been able to obtain the code are not currently eligible for the vaccine, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n

And some of them have been able to arrange appointments at two mass vaccination sites, Cal State Los Angeles and the Oakland Coliseum, the newspaper reported.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s unclear how the misuse of the codes began.<\/p>\n

Dimitri Anthes, 32, of Oakland said he was contacted by a friend who claimed that shots were at risk of expiring and anyone could use the codes to schedule an appointment, the San Francisco Chronicle reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had no intention of skipping the line or taking a vaccine before others in need. I thought I was taking a dose that would otherwise expire,\u201d Anthes, who describes himself as a healthy, white man, told the outlet.<\/p>\n

He said he made an appointment for himself then sent the code to about a dozen friends. <\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like a privileged a\u2013hole who game<\/a>d the system and then spread misinformation. I didn\u2019t know what I was doing,\u201d he told the Chronicle.<\/p>\n

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The special-access codes were provided to community organizers to distribute as part of a program to address vaccine inequality.<\/figcaption>
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Brian Ferguson, a spokesman for the California Office of Emergency Services, said officials have canceled appointments with one code that appears to have been widely disseminated, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday also acknowledged that there had been misuse and they\u2019re looking to change the system to use individual codes instead.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t like to see those abuses,\u201d he told reporters. \u201cSo we\u2019re working through those things and we\u2019re correcting for those.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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