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Originally Posted by Almamida
If you're trying to get at me, that is a pretty inaccurate, lame and inconsiderate attempt.
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Compared to what? Your accurate, non-lame and considerate attempt to get at me with your earlier comment? Why don't you go back and read your own previous words? I merely provided you a mirror to look into.
Be at peace. You threw an insult at me, I returned the favor to you. Now let's move on - I am fine to skip the snipes if you are.
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Well, you're wrong. Hard hit areas, pre-existing conditions and overall risk of exposure / expose others are other criteria that are considered in the vaccination rollout in most places.
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I never said those things were not, or should not, be considered. However, they should not be the
primary consideration. It is very difficult to get a handle on who has what pre-existing condition, which pre-existing condition is worse than other pre-existing conditions, etc. Collecting all that data, sorting through it, devising rules of who comes first - all that takes quite a bit of time and would delay the vaccine rollout for everyone. Then you have other groups that many want vaccinated sooner, like teachers. So who comes first - the teacher or the one with a pre-existing condition? The answer will depend on which of those two people you ask. Sometimes fighting over who gets to go first accomplishes nothing useful, and just delays the rollout for everybody. I have seen it published many times that age is the primary predictor of how well you will do if you catch the virus. Of course some elderly will do better than others. That is a given. But age is still the best predictor we have available to us. So it makes sense to use age as the primary thing to look at when scheduling vaccination. And that is what most, if not all, jurisdictions are doing. Other things can certainly be looked at, but as minor tweaks to the scheduling, not as the primary focus. They are trying to do that in my own state. They have taken it to the ridiculous level that I allude to above. We are on - I am not kidding - Phase 1B.4 right now (or at least that's where we were last week). What in the heck does
that mean? What they are doing is trying to cram new levels between the old levels, which themselves were crammed between the older levels. It's like playing chess while changing the way pieces are allowed to move on every turn. It makes a real mess of the game, and ultimately, despite your best efforts, you really don't end up with a more "fair" game of chess in the end.