Rationing drugs based on race
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wrote on 2 Jan 2022, 02:11 last edited by jon-nyc 1 Feb 2022, 02:13
If someone can show race is a per se risk factor and not a correlate to other known risk factors (poverty, diet, diabetes, obesity, smoking history, vaccine hesitancy, etc...) then sure. But I'm guessing nobody did that analysis. Nor do they want to.
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If someone can show race is a per se risk factor and not a correlate to other known risk factors (poverty, diet, diabetes, obesity, smoking history, vaccine hesitancy, etc...) then sure. But I'm guessing nobody did that analysis. Nor do they want to.
wrote on 2 Jan 2022, 03:00 last edited by@jon-nyc said in Rationing drugs based on race:
If someone can show race is a per se risk factor and not a correlate to other known risk factors (poverty, diet, diabetes, obesity, smoking history, vaccine hesitancy, etc...) then sure. But I'm guessing nobody did that analysis. Nor do they want to.
I generally agree with you EXCEPT for the language. The whole inequity paragraph has no place as a justification for medical decisions.
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wrote on 2 Jan 2022, 03:10 last edited by
Race would be a legitimate consideration if they also used SAT scores.
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wrote on 2 Jan 2022, 12:57 last edited by
Drugs should only be apportioned by race, if a much higher efficacy can be established for a particular drug for a particular race.
It should be a medical decision and a medical decision only.