Essential workers 1a and 1b???

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Apparently the health department has asked employers to apply on a case by case basis for "essential" status, but as usual for Hawaii, it's vague and subject to political considerations:

https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2021/02/02...-get-them/

Of course, the always cynical Frau Chunkster says that any government employee union member automatically qualifies.  And she may be right because my neighbor who works for the county water department says every employee there was told they qualified, even those who worked in the back office and never come into contact with the public or don't actually provide the water supply.

Meanwhile, my 70-something neighbor with two co-morbidities can't schedule a shot.

I see in the Federal list of essential critical infrastructure workers that all water and wastewater staff are included in the high priority group. What I don't see on that Federal list is any essential worker that wouldn't be included in group 1b. There is no distinction anywhere that I can see between 1b and 1c workers. And in the Hawaii plan I see no mention of self-employed food workers or farmers. there doesn't seem to be any allowance made for them--only companies with employees.

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Here is the federal list of essential workers: https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files..._508_0.pdf