Making the Cut

There's always someone whose job it is to decide if you measure up. Prologue: Dr. Alisa Neymark, a dentist in New York City, asks why it’s taking so long for dentists to get the coronavirus vaccine. Rose Duhan, from the New York State Vaccine Distribution and Implementation Task Force acknowledges, it’s not going great. (7 minutes) God Committee: People given the difficult task of deciding who lives and who dies. (20 minutes) Winter’s Bone: Elna Baker notices a change in how people in New York City are dating during the pandemic. (12 minutes) Reluctant Bureaucrats: Reporter Katie Mingle wonders why the 211 hotline in the San Francisco Bay Area for people experiencing homelessness so often turns out to be a dead end for them. She learns that part of the issue is that callers have to give a very specific answer to one question. (16 minutes) This story is a version of the second episode of According to Need, a 99% Invisible podcast.