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Aella
@Aella_Girl
Sometimes, my friends wonder why I get so upset by woke stuff. It doesn’t have power, they say. It’s not actually gonna affect anything, they say.
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David Algonquin
@surplustakes
The US CDC is going to recommend that 'essential workers' are vaccinated before the over-65s, despite their *own modelling* showing this will result in more deaths. Why? They say it is unethical to prioritise the elderly because they are not racially diverse enough. THREAD.
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Nitin Gupta
@nitguptaa
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@Aella_Girl
David's thread is a bit unfair. The original publication claims a negligible improvement in lives saved when the vaccine is introduced to >65 compared to HCPs, especially in the case where disease incidence is falling (which it should be after a peak event like the holidays)
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Nitin Gupta
@nitguptaa
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@Aella_Girl
Correct, if the modeling showed material (and we should define what % that is) improvement in outcomes, I could totally understand the criticism. Unfortunately the publication doesn't believe there is that material difference. AKA why they rated each group "+++". See page 23
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