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Who Gets a Vaccine First? U.S. Considers Race in Coronavirus Plan

posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday August 04 2020, @09:02PM   Printer-friendly
from the who-is-at-the-most-risk? dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

Who Gets a Vaccine First? U.S. Considers Race in Coronavirus Plans:

Federal health officials are already trying to decide who will get the first doses of any effective coronavirus vaccines, which could be on the market this winter but could require many additional months to become widely available to Americans.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and an advisory committee of outside health experts in April began working on a ranking system for what may be an extended rollout in the United States. According to a preliminary plan, any approved vaccines would be offered to vital medical and national security officials first, and then to other essential workers and those considered at high risk — the elderly instead of children, people with underlying conditions instead of the relatively healthy.

Agency officials and the advisers are also considering what has become a contentious option: putting Black and Latino people, who have disproportionately fallen victim to Covid-19, ahead of others in the population.

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  • (Score: 2) by mrpg on Wednesday August 05 2020, @04:21AM (2 children)

    by mrpg (5708) Subscriber Badge <{mrpg} {at} {soylentnews.org}> on Wednesday August 05 2020, @04:21AM (#1031557) Homepage

    Never buy first versions they always have bugs.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 05 2020, @04:31AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 05 2020, @04:31AM (#1031560)

    7/30/2041

    UCLA genetics department

    Inquiries and studies continue into the victims of the Covid19 vaccines of 2020. Common minor side effects involve coarse body hair growing where humans typically have no hair. Women who later get pregnant often deliver babies lacking body orifices and/or extra orifices, often leading to the death of the child. Men report that their reproductive parts wither, and sometimes even fall away from the body.

    And, these are the minor side effects. Government won't permit investigators into Area 51 where the serious cases are sent.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 05 2020, @06:35AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 05 2020, @06:35AM (#1031597)

    Hey that's my motto too.

    Also don't try anything new in case you embarrass yourself. And always side with whoever looks like they're winning. That's why I win and you lose.