Who gets vaccines first?
“Older populations are whiter... Society is structured in a way that enables them to live longer. Instead of giving additional health benefits to... them, we can start to level the playing field a bit.”
Harald Schmidt PhD UPENN
nytimes.com/2020/12/05/hea…
“Older populations are whiter... Society is structured in a way that enables them to live longer. Instead of giving additional health benefits to... them, we can start to level the playing field a bit.”
Harald Schmidt PhD UPENN
nytimes.com/2020/12/05/hea…
"In a meeting last month, all voting members of the committee (of independent health experts advising the CDC) indicated support for putting essential workers ahead of people 65 and older and those with high-risk health conditions."
“To me the issue of ethics is very significant, very important for this country, and clearly favors the essential worker group because of the high proportion of minority, low-income and low-education workers among essential workers.”
Peter G. Szilagyi, MD UCLA
Peter G. Szilagyi, MD UCLA
“If your goal is to maximize the preservation of human life, then you would bias the vaccine toward older Americans. If your goal is to reduce the rate of infection, then you would prioritize essential workers. ”
Scott Gottlieb, MD
Former FDA head
Scott Gottlieb, MD
Former FDA head
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