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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.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Dr Spin on Wednesday August 05 2020, @06:54AM (2 children)
The science says most of this is accounted for by low levels of vitamin D which is very cheap. It is normally produced in the skin by sunlight (from cholesterol).
About 70% of "Afro-Americans" and 50% of Latinos in the USA have low levels of Vitamin D. There is clear evidence that low vitamin D makes respiratory disease,
including Covid-19 worse.
What is not clear is why governments are not publicising this - here in the UK it looks like "fear of being accused of being racist". No one in an American government has ever
been worried about being accused of being racist AFAICT. Trump appears to revel in it.
I take Vitamin D supplement - you should too, regardless of colour.
Warning: Opening your mouth may invalidate your brain!
(Score: 2) by PiMuNu on Wednesday August 05 2020, @12:06PM (1 child)
> The science says
Do you have a citation? Too much bs (and genuine mistakes) around...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 05 2020, @03:57PM
I heard it was colloidal silver. Better take that too, just in case.