What’s with the prioritization of “essential” workers?
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That's true LD, but two points:
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It's worse for men than women. You don't even hear discussion about that in terms of prioritization, it's not eve brought up and knocked down.
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DO we really know if race is an actual risk factor? Or is it a correlate of true risk factors? IOW they're more likely to live in dense areas, take more risks, not be able to work from home, etc.
I'm guessing its the latter. In which case prioritizing based on actual risk factors should 'make them whole'.
"You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
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@jon-nyc said in What’s with the prioritization of “essential” workers?:
I was a little surprised that Trump’s plan did this too.
This is an important point because even the states that haven't announced a desire to discriminate based on race and ethnicity will do so anyway unless they modify Trump's plan.
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No one is going to win the war of who should get the vaccine first. Therefore the best response is the one that feeds your base and gets you social media attention.
Maybe we would learn just a little something if Omar and AOC would duke it out on who is right on this issue. The woke have their homework assignment as to which of the two get cancelled.
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That's true LD, but two points:
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It's worse for men than women. You don't even hear discussion about that in terms of prioritization, it's not eve brought up and knocked down.
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DO we really know if race is an actual risk factor? Or is it a correlate of true risk factors? IOW they're more likely to live in dense areas, take more risks, not be able to work from home, etc.
I'm guessing its the latter. In which case prioritizing based on actual risk factors should 'make them whole'.
@jon-nyc said in What’s with the prioritization of “essential” workers?:
That's true LD, but two points:
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It's worse for men than women. You don't even hear discussion about that in terms of prioritization, it's not eve brought up and knocked down.
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DO we really know if race is an actual risk factor? Or is it a correlate of true risk factors? IOW they're more likely to live in dense areas, take more risks, not be able to work from home, etc.
I'm guessing its the latter. In which case prioritizing based on actual risk factors should 'make them whole'.
Depends on which minority group you are speaking of...
My general understanding from friends at HHS is that there is a significantly higher risk for African Americans and a higher CFR. It's biological, not environmental... There is also a significantly higher risk in the Latino, Asian, and Pacific Islander communities as well, but this seems like it could be due to population density, work, etc... There may be a biological component as well, but less than with African Americans.
Either way, African Americans aren't going to stop being black, and Hispanics aren't going to suddenly spread their family groups out so the risk factors remain...
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Yay, some states are prioritizing lives saved.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/12/29/covid-vaccine-priority-group-elderly/
Shame its only a few.
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I heard today that Massachusetts was prioritising the homeless, based on advice from epidemiologists, Apparently, most States aren't doing this.
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I heard today that Massachusetts was prioritising the homeless, based on advice from epidemiologists, Apparently, most States aren't doing this.
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@aqua-letifer said in What’s with the prioritization of “essential” workers?:
oh the hypocrisy runs deep with this one. Lol!
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@aqua-letifer said in What’s with the prioritization of “essential” workers?:
oh the hypocrisy runs deep with this one. Lol!
@nobodyssock said in What’s with the prioritization of “essential” workers?:
@aqua-letifer said in What’s with the prioritization of “essential” workers?:
oh the hypocrisy runs deep with this one. Lol!
You need to keep up. We dealt with this one a while ago.
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If we only approved the astra Zeneca vaccine this would quickly become a moot point.
I know all the talk before the election was to delay until it was safe. I suppose the FDA took that heart.
Interesting how the focus still isn’t on quicker approval even in the week of the super virulent strain.
Approve the vaccines and we will have more vaccines then we know what to do with. And stop the politics and look at the answer staring you in the face.
