Thread by @DrEricDing

📍WALL STREET BANKERS ARE NOT MORE “ESSENTIAL” THAN TEACHERS & 1ST RESPONDERS—American Bankers Association is petitioning to designate Wall St finance workers as essential workers so they can get #COVID19 vaccines before most Americans. Cant make this up! on.mktw.net/2VDFc4z

2) “We are encouraging public health authorities to follow the existing DHS guidance and include financial services employees as part of the 1b group, but we think front-line bank employees who deal with a large number of people every day should be gave priority to, at a minimum”

3) I think Wall St actually should be lower priority for reasons that most of their work can be done remotely, other than the limited number of bank tellers. But even then they often have plexiglass barriers to prevent robberies (and limit exposures).

4) CDC didn’t list the professions of those who might fall under essential workers, but DHS defines essential workers that are typically essential to continue critical infrastructure operations, normally firefighters, teachers, grocery workers.

➡️It’s 1B that bankers aiming.

5) Here is who should be essential workers.

Where are 87 mil essential workers?

📌meat/food processor

📌municipal water/wastewater

📌public transit

📌police

📌firefighters

📌teachers

📌grocery and pharmacy

But technically decided by Homeland Security.

https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1331034800128450560

6) That said, at the end of the day, however, state, territorial, and tribal authorities will interpret the recommendations and have leeway in who they deem to be essential.

Hopefully bankers not included in Priority group 1B.