Folks like @NateSilver538 and @zeynep deserve blame for the inequities that are happening now.
They, along with other Center-Whites, fought against prioritizing Black and Brown people in vaccinations despite information showing how they are the hardest-hit by COVID.https://twitter.com/Theresa_Chapple/status/1356355534442659840 …
If you look at history of such efforts, it's obvious that the original ACIP schema—changed by ACIP, not me—would have been quickly swamped by the privileged and yes, whiter, crowd and leave out elderly minorities who suffer at earlier ages.
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If you go volunteer at a vaccination clinic—as I've been doing—you'll see the biggest issue isn't the age criteria, but that the rollout is crappy and people are unsupported. The elderly need transportation—especially the poorer, minority ones. They need support. Reminder calls.
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If you *actually* look at the technical side of it—the frontend and the backend—you'll see how we've set up a system that only with digital chops or lots of relatives and a lot of free time can, maybe, navigate their way to an appointment. Guess who that is?
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Everyone deserves the vaccine, but not everyone is at equal risk for death and severe disease. Age is such an overwhelming risk factor compared with everything else.