tkx. ============================================ Tom Johnson - t...@jtjohnson.com <https://www.cloudhq-mkt9.net/mail_track/link/9f8f17004b52c8779c_1613946599058?uid=226430&url=mailto%3Atom%40jtjohnson.com> Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA 505.577.6482(c) 505.473.9646(h) *NM Foundation for Open Government* <https://www.cloudhq-mkt9.net/mail_track/link/9f8f17004b52c8779c_1613946599058?uid=226430&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnmfog.org> *Check out It's The People's Data <https://www.cloudhq-mkt9.net/mail_track/link/9f8f17004b52c8779c_1613946599058?uid=226430&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpages%2FIts-The-Peoples-Data%2F1599854626919671>*
============================================ On Sun, Feb 21, 2021 at 3:15 PM Chris Feola <ch...@feola.com> wrote: > Truth. And well written as always. > > > > Cjf > > > > > > Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for > Windows 10 > > > > *From: *Tom Johnson <t...@jtjohnson.com> > *Sent: *Sunday, February 21, 2021 12:36 PM > *To: *Friam@redfish. com <friam@redfish.com> > *Subject: *[FRIAM] My View: "What's in your COVID-19 vaccination number?" > > > > https://bit.ly/3bxcMRA > > MY VIEW TOM JOHNSON > What's in your COVID-19 vaccination number? > > - By Tom Johnson > > > > - 13 hrs ago > > > > - 0 > > <https://www.santafenewmexican.com/opinion/my_view/whats-in-your-covid-19-vaccination-number/article_f7f293da-71a2-11eb-87aa-db921a1c81bb.html#comments> > > > - Facebook > > <https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.santafenewmexican.com%2Fopinion%2Fmy_view%2Fwhats-in-your-covid-19-vaccination-number%2Farticle_f7f293da-71a2-11eb-87aa-db921a1c81bb.html%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dfacebook%26utm_campaign%3Duser-share> > - Twitter > > <https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?&text=What%27s%20in%20your%20COVID-19%20vaccination%20number%3F&via=thenewmexican&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.santafenewmexican.com%2Fopinion%2Fmy_view%2Fwhats-in-your-covid-19-vaccination-number%2Farticle_f7f293da-71a2-11eb-87aa-db921a1c81bb.html%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_campaign%3Duser-share> > - > > www.santafenewmexican.com%2Fopinion%2Fmy_view%2Fwhats-in-your-covid-19-vaccination-number%2Farticle_f7f293da-71a2-11eb-87aa-db921a1c81bb.html%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3Duser-share > > <?subject=%5BSanta%20Fe%20New%20Mexican%5D%20What%27s%20in%20your%20COVID-19%20vaccination%20number%3F&body=https%3A%2F%2F%3ca%20href=>" > class="gmail-tnt-share-link em email-share-link" title="Email" > rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: > transparent; color: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; display: block; > margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; border-left: 0px;">Email > - Print > - Save <https://www.santafenewmexican.com/content/tncms/live/> > > action="https://www.santafenewmexican.com/users/admin/list/" > style="box-sizing: border-box;"> > > 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. > > 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. > > 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? > > 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? > > 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)? > > 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.” > > 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? > > 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. > > *Tom Johnson is the coordinator of It’s The People’s Data, Santa Fe.* > > > > > - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ >
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