“Dear PoPville,
A “friend” of mine moved from DC to Delaware roughly 9 months ago. In DC, he would qualify for the current vaccine phase, but Delaware is not yet allowing people under 65, so he hasn’t been able to register there. Because of this, he has decided to use his old DC address and ID to try to register for a vaccine here.
As someone who has a very serious pre-existing condition,
it really bothered me to learn this because I went through the struggle many others did last week (trying to get a spot and ending up unsuccessful after many frustrating attempts). I will try again tomorrow but assume that the system will likely be flooded once more, and knowing that I’m “competing” against even non-DC residents like this guy feels really discouraging.
Has anyone else heard of people doing this? Am I being overly sensitive for being irritated by it? I know that patience is important, and in the end we’ll all get there. And, I know that every vaccine dose — no matter who it goes to — is a step in the right direction. That said, this situation just really bothered me.”