So you want to be vaccinated...what color are you.

[Zorro!]

NEEDED: A VACCINE FOR LEFTISM

You knew where things were headed when you heard the Biden team talking about how the COVID vaccine needed to be distributed “equitably.” It meant that decisions would be run through a “social justice” filter rather than a relative risk assessment filter. Good times for medical “ethicists.”

The New York Times naturally gives us a thumb-sucker of a “news” story today wringing their white-guilt-ridden hands about the scene, including such gems as:

Historically, the [CDC] committee relied on scientific evidence to inform its decisions. But now the members are weighing social justice concerns as well, noted Lisa A. Prosser, a professor of health policy and decision sciences at the University of Michigan.

Scientific Evidence?

Harald Schmidt, an expert in ethics and health policy at the University of Pennsylvania, said that it is reasonable to put essential workers ahead of older adults, given their risks, and that they are disproportionately minorities. “Older populations are whiter,” Dr. Schmidt said. “Society is structured in a way that enables them to live longer. Instead of giving additional health benefits to those who already had more of them, we can start to level the playing field a bit.”

Chaser: Did you know that Helen Keller was just “another privileged white woman”? Time magazine just discovered this, after all this time:

However, to some Black disability rights activists, like Anita Cameron, Helen Keller is not radical at all, “just another, despite disabilities, privileged white person,” and yet another example of history telling the story of privileged white Americans.

 

[Zorro!]

NEEDED: A VACCINE FOR LEFTISM

You knew where things were headed when you heard the Biden team talking about how the COVID vaccine needed to be distributed “equitably.” It meant that decisions would be run through a “social justice” filter rather than a relative risk assessment filter. Good times for medical “ethicists.”

The New York Times naturally gives us a thumb-sucker of a “news” story today wringing their white-guilt-ridden hands about the scene, including such gems as:

Historically, the [CDC] committee relied on scientific evidence to inform its decisions. But now the members are weighing social justice concerns as well, noted Lisa A. Prosser, a professor of health policy and decision sciences at the University of Michigan.

Scientific Evidence?

Harald Schmidt, an expert in ethics and health policy at the University of Pennsylvania, said that it is reasonable to put essential workers ahead of older adults, given their risks, and that they are disproportionately minorities. “Older populations are whiter,” Dr. Schmidt said. “Society is structured in a way that enables them to live longer. Instead of giving additional health benefits to those who already had more of them, we can start to level the playing field a bit.”

Chaser: Did you know that Helen Keller was just “another privileged white woman”? Time magazine just discovered this, after all this time:

However, to some Black disability rights activists, like Anita Cameron, Helen Keller is not radical at all, “just another, despite disabilities, privileged white person,” and yet another example of history telling the story of privileged white Americans.

 

[HappyJoy]

So, the logic is that essential non-healthcare workers are getting the vaccine before others is due to race and not maybe because their jobs put them at a higher risk of contracting and spreading the virus?

OK.

 

[my2¢]

Tucker Carlson? I put that guy right there with what's-his-name, the CNN White House correspondent. The CDC came out with its recommendations on December 1st but states have ultimate control over their own priority sceduled.

Phased Allocation of COVID-19 Vaccine (cdc.gov)

[Plan Title] (azdhs.gov)

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Unfortunately, some of these very same people, the worst in our already unimpressive professional class, are now in charge of the coronavirus vaccine, and that should make you nervous. Currently, officials at the CDC are debating how to distribute the vaccine and who gets it first. That decision will, to some extent, determine who lives and who dies. It's a big decision and it shouldn't be complicated.

According to the CDC panel, another group, those officially classified as "non-healthcare essential workers", should get the vaccine first. Why is that? Because "racial and ethnic minority groups [are] disproportionately represented in many essential industries."

In other words, it's entirely racial. They're making the decision based on race. Kathleen Dooling's presentation concluded that doling out life-saving medicine on the basis of skin color would "mitigate health inequities." Of course it would kill people, and she effectively concedes that. But the people it would kill come from a disfavored race, so it's not a big deal.

Tucker Carlson: Race, the COVID-19 vaccine and our betters' embrace of eugenics

When do illegal aliens get it?


Won't they displace others?

As quickly as possible.
That's the point.