Have you or will you get vaccinated (Covid)? U can change vote

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How have so many Americans had their first shot? I wouldn't have thought that most of you would've been eligible.

Many people on Atlas are either not at all in good shape, or they are essential workers. We also have a few olds.

Yeah, I’ve been surprised at how many young Americans on Atlas have had the vaccine. In the UK, we’ve vaccinated a higher % of our population than the US, but I don’t think I know of anyone under the age of 50 who’s not a healthcare worker or not extremely clinically vulnerable who’s had a shot.

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If the UK’s vaccine rollout stays on track, I should hopefully be offered my first shot by the end of July. As I’ve already mentioned, I’m a bit perplexed as to how so many young Americans on Atlas have already got the vaccine; in fact, considering that the US’s percentage vaccinated is lower than the UK’s, it leaves me a bit worried that older Americans are missing out.

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Better if the olds go first. Don’t want to take away their vaccines.

Young, healthy people getting vaxxed now are selfish.

Only if you don't live in the US, UK, or Israel. I'm sure there other countries that have thoroughly vaccinated their olds too, but I don't know them off-hand.

Yes, but even in the UK there are basically no healthy people in their 20s or 30s who have been vaccinated, although we’ve vaccinated a higher percentage of our population than the US. Compared to the US, we’ve prioritised getting it too as many old and clinically vulnerable people as possible first.