Among the least and the last....(A Rant)

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Friends posted photos yesterday of their vaccination in my city. So I called the baranggay why I have not received any advisement of the inoculation schedule. I was told that the City Health Office has a master list and I must wait for my call. Albeit my daughter, the doctor, prodded me to go and get my vaccine. So I did, at the last hour, only to be told to come back 12 April for the Astra Zeneca vaccine. Besides, the inoculation for the day is done. My daughter was insistent - get the vaccine. So my elder daughter brought me to the Center and she waited the line for me. I stayed in the car. My daughter rang me on the cp and said I'm up for vital signs check - temperature and blood pressure. Normal. Proceeded to the next station only to be told that upon advisement of the Department of Health, I must wait for the Astra Zeneca. I argued that my daughter told me to get the Sinovac. The people in charge wouldn't budge. Till the Mayor came before noon. So I approached him and tapped on his back, identified my self, gave my address, and said that upon advisement of my daughter, I must get the Sinovac. Right away, he told me that my case has now become legal - and I must sign a waiver for the shot. I agreed and thanked him, Was ushered to an air-conditioned room at the second floor. The VIP's were there for their inoculation. I couldn't help but think - what about the rest of the population who did not gather the courage to come to the Center? What if I did not mention my daughter as a doctor of a private hospital? Surely I would be treated among the least and the last. By the way, my elder daughter was not given a shot because she is not a frontliner. But I asked some of the people there - neither were they frontliners, just friends of those who knew about the inoculation. This is why my country is third world.