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No. In State of New York being a person of colour is effectively a 'primary condition' towards the calculation regarding distribution of the more expensive anti
by jollybean 5y ago
No. In State of New York being a person of colour is effectively a 'primary condition' towards the calculation regarding distribution of the more expensive antiviral therapies.
On the same level as 'not having had a vaccine'.
If you have had a vaccine, then you need to be 65+ and in very bad shape to get the antivirals.
Without the vaccine you need to be a 'person of colour' or have several seriously mitigating factors, like Diabetes, Cancer etc..
Especially since there is actually no apparent physiological difference between racial response to COVID, and that it seems to be entirely 'health' related ... it's really bad.
It's one thing to save the antivirals for those in 'really bad shape' - fine - but just define what that is, and don't use race as a crude proxy for it.
While I think the study that is posted here is perfectly reasonable, and discusses mostly issues of perception, the racial approach to rationing healthcare services is worth of discussion and much more. I'm surprised it has not gone to the Supreme Court.
We're 100% on the path to the Courts on this, and unless it comes out reasonable, there is going to be some serious existential problems in the Western World over this.
- selimthegrim 5y agoThe assumption is that the median person of color has poorer access to healthcare (go visit Jackson Park Hospital in Chicago if you don’t believe me) and moreover the Neanderthal genes in South Asians do predict worse COVID outcomes.
- jollybean 5y agoYes I fully accept that Race is a crude proxy for access to healthcare. Also, Neanderthal genes are mostly Europe, not 'South Asian' - and even if there were some medically material issue, that's not what they are doing i.e. it's just all 'people of colour'. There are probably just as many White people who've had limited access to healthcare. Obviously, that still implies 'disproportionately bad' for Blacks, but nevertheless, large cohorts of others aka Whites. And so the policy is just unfair. I think it's better to give people a questionnaire about their medical history and go from there. In fact, I believe there's a 100% chance you could more readily identify those in need with just a few questions and measurements. Literally BMI, age, smoker, pre-existing conditions, status of healthcare insurance for the last few years, cholesterol, blood pressure and couple of very simple questions. Fill out that form, put it in the computer and it gives you back a score of 1-5 on the priority list for the local Hospital. I'll bet with just that data they could arrive at something considerably more accurate.
- selimthegrim 5y agohttps://archive.dhakatribune.com/world/2020/10/01/dna-from-neanderthals-can-make-covid-19-more-severe https://archive.dhakatribune.com/world/2020/10/01/dna-from-n...
- jollybean 5y agoYou are right, I stand corrected, East Asians have technically more 'Neandrathal Genes' that said, Europeans still have them.