Who is
vaccinated first?
This is
America, so it is obvious that the first Covid-19 vaccinations will be
administered to the wealthiest 1% of the population. After that the order will possibly be based
on contribution to society or perhaps voting influence. The Biden future White House is now dealing
with the order of disbursement. I would
see contribution to the society be the prime determinant, so it probably won’t
be, but if it were, it would look like this:
The medical
personnel working to fight the pandemic along with the technicians that support
their efforts would be number one. Then
those involved in the logistics of getting food and shelter to the population. Next would be educators and first responders. Then, those who maintain and repair machinery
and appliances.
Many of you
are now saying, “You have forgotten those in assisted living.” I haven’t forgotten them. I have not yet gotten down to them in my
suggested list. A doctor might have
already listed them because they would, from a health standpoint, benefit most
from the vaccine. This is a valid goal
that is easily defended. Those in
assisted living are the most frail and most likely to die from the virus. By being in assisted living, they have
started down the slippery slide toward death.
If one of our goals is to save the US economy, they shift to low on the
list. I, myself, am one year into my
eighth decade, retired, not physically or mentally as strong as I once was
(society has retired me). So my question
is, do you, for the sake of the nation, want to give me the vaccine first, or
give it to an eighteen year-old? The
eighteen year old is yet to produce their family or contribute their strength
and education to the nation. I would
give the vaccination first to the young and productive, last to the
retired. I would tend to give it first
to those who shower after work, then to those who shower before work. I am not designing a death panel here, I am
choosing a logical map to distribute a lifesaving vaccine, that is temporarily
in short supply. I am looking to benefit
the nation, not individuals, because it will be a nationally designed and
implemented program, funded by the nation.
Individual decisions are heavily weighted by self-preservation, not the
good of the whole. This includes
political decisions.
So, who goes
last? Those who harm the nation (the greedy). In other words, first to those who benefit the
nation, next those who have a neutral effect and last those who do the nation
harm. A simple and logical road map, but
not one to likely be followed. We will
see.
Cheers, Old
Buz 11/29/2020
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