[FRIAM] My View: "What's in your COVID-19 vaccination number?"

Sun Feb 21 17:29:59 EST 2021

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On Sun, Feb 21, 2021 at 3:15 PM Chris Feola <chris at feola.com> wrote:

> Truth. And well written as always.
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> MY VIEW TOM JOHNSON
> What's in your COVID-19 vaccination number?
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> Surely you too have heard many anecdotes of New Mexicans over 70 or 75,
> and maybe younger, who have driven to Amarillo or southern Colorado in
> pursuit of COVID-19 vaccinations.
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> We don’t know how many of those vaccine tourists registered early on at
> the New Mexico Department of Health site, cvaccine.nmhealth.org, to get a
> magic code number apparently used to get in the queue for a shot or shots.
> We also don’t know what that seven-digit number means.
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> You probably have a Social Security number. The three groups in that
> number each have separate definitions. For example, the first three digits
> reflect the state in which the individual first applied for a Social
> Security card. But who can tell us the definition of the COVID-19
> registration?
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> Can anyone please tell us if that is simply a randomly generated number or
> if any single digit or combination of digits represents a specific piece of
> information being used by the health department? For example, do the first
> two digits mean an individual is in category 1A or 1B, etc. Do other digits
> indicate any other metadata relevant to the individual?
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> Second, we might assume the digits are being used as some sort of index
> number in the statewide data set. Hence, it falls somewhere in a queue for
> scheduled vaccinations. If so, why isn’t it being used to tell individuals
> (a) how many peers are in a particular class (assuming a random
> distribution of our fellows for vaccination) awaiting vaccinations or (b)
> where do we fall in the list, i.e. how many individuals in our class or
> each class are ahead of us for vaccination(s)?
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> This is an example of a classic failure of government employees to think
> that data like COVID-19 registration numbers belong to their specific
> departments instead of the taxpayers who paid to have the registration
> system set up. Especially in crisis cases like the pandemic, agency
> planners must start thinking, initially, how to make the data — our data —
> “public facing.”
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> That is, the planning and implementation must be done on parallel tracks:
> Create a system that maximizes information for the public while also
> meeting the needs of the agency’s goals and personnel. Yes, actual and
> anticipated supply of the little glass vials is an issue. But if
> Kroger.com <http://kroger.com/> in Colorado can administer a registration
> system that is specific yet simple to use, shouldn’t our health department
> have similar capabilities?
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> If you go to the state’s vaccination site, you should be easily and
> quickly told if you need to gas up the car for a road trip east or north.
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> *Tom Johnson is the coordinator of It’s The People’s Data, Santa Fe.*
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