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A federal committee is considering pushing Blacks, Hispanics and Native Americans to the front of the line for COVID-19 vaccines, ahead of whites. A COVID-19 vaccine could be ready by year’s end but not in sufficient quantity to vaccinate over 300 million Americans. Frontline health care workers and national security personnel will be top priority, but after that, who comes next?

If Black Americans were more vulnerable because of race, as they are with sickle cell anemia, there would be a medical argument for racial preferences. But scientific data show no direct causal connection between race and COVID-19 deaths. In fact, COVID-19 death rates are lower in Africa, though that may reflect sparse data.

Scientists in the U.S. and Europe have plentiful data on who gets infected and who’s least likely to survive COVID-19, and their findings can help prioritize who should get vaccinated. Forget using crude racial proxies.

Who’s at risk of dying? The elderly and anyone with medical conditions such as heart disease, morbid obesity, hypertension and diabetes.

https://patriotpost.us/opinion/72157-dont-hand-out-vaccines-based-on-race-2020-07-15

virginpulp5:
A federal committee is considering pushing Blacks, Hispanics and Native Americans to the front of the line for COVID-19 vaccines, ahead of whites. A COVID-19 vaccine could be ready by year’s end but not in sufficient quantity to vaccinate over 300 million Americans. Frontline health care workers and national security personnel will be top priority, but after that, who comes next?

If Black Americans were more vulnerable because of race, as they are with sickle cell anemia, there would be a medical argument for racial preferences. But scientific data show no direct causal connection between race and COVID-19 deaths. In fact, COVID-19 death rates are lower in Africa, though that may reflect sparse data.

Scientists in the U.S. and Europe have plentiful data on who gets infected and who’s least likely to survive COVID-19, and their findings can help prioritize who should get vaccinated. Forget using crude racial proxies.

Who’s at risk of dying? The elderly and anyone with medical conditions such as heart disease, morbid obesity, hypertension and diabetes.

https://patriotpost.us/opinion/72157-dont-hand-out-vaccines-based-on-race-2020-07-15

Seems you’ve forgotten this is a NIGERIAN forum.
But what do blacks want sef