Some good news:
Thanks to massive and justified public criticism, the CDC is making adjustments to their recommendations.
Americans over 75 should now get the vaccine alongside essential *frontline* workers.
This is an improvement. But it doesn't solve many of the concerns.
Thanks to massive and justified public criticism, the CDC is making adjustments to their recommendations.
Americans over 75 should now get the vaccine alongside essential *frontline* workers.
This is an improvement. But it doesn't solve many of the concerns.
In particular, the CDC's own data *still* suggests that Americans aged 65-74 are much more likely to die from Covid than younger frontline workers.
So this course of action will likely *still* cause needless additional deaths.
How many? This is where things get really worrying.
So this course of action will likely *still* cause needless additional deaths.
How many? This is where things get really worrying.
In the original presentation, Kathleen Dooling admitted that prioritizing all essential workers would likely increase overall deaths by between 0.5% and 6.5%.
In an astonishing sentence, she then called the additional deaths of thousands of Americans a "minimal" difference.
In an astonishing sentence, she then called the additional deaths of thousands of Americans a "minimal" difference.
The new guidance would still prioritize a group with lower risk of death (frontline essential workers) over one with higher risk of death (65-74 yos).
But while Dooling once again calls the difference "minimal," she now hides the ball: There's no estimate of increased mortality.
But while Dooling once again calls the difference "minimal," she now hides the ball: There's no estimate of increased mortality.
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