Of course with a highly transmissible virus the opportunity cost between vaccinating an isolated 70+ person and a young person who comes in contact with many 70

Of course with a highly transmissible virus the opportunity cost between vaccinating an isolated 70+ person and a young person who comes in contact with many 70+ people is tricky to ascertain. That said, I don’t think here in CA the tiering system is attempting to minimize deaths by accounting for expected transmissions.