Other than the elderly, the other very vulnerable group was the obese. But progressives didn't want to stigmatize the obese and overweight so we all had to be treated as if we were as at risk as people who choose to eat more food than they need.
See this article from the NY Times early on in the pandemic: "Coronavirus Ravages 7 Members of…
Other than the elderly, the other very vulnerable group was the obese. But progressives didn't want to stigmatize the obese and overweight so we all had to be treated as if we were as at risk as people who choose to eat more food than they need.
See this article from the NY Times early on in the pandemic: "Coronavirus Ravages 7 Members of a Single Family, Killing 4"
The photo shows a group of people who are all, to use the correct technical term, obese or morbidly obese. But nobody will discuss the elephant in the room.
It would have been great to see if masks really work, but we now have no way of knowing. Few people actually wore masks properly, in a way that medical professionals use them. Early on, if they had trained a group of people who were likely to comply with the use of "splash masks" and N-95 masks, and compared them to a control group, we could have known quickly if they were effective at all. So many opportunities to do controlled experiments to advance public health with little downside were squandered.
Early on in the pandemic, I saw a video of a group of people, few of them experts in anything, deciding who should get the yet-to-be-produced vaccine first. They did this based on who they felt was the most "oppressed" -- not who would benefit most from them. To "ensure equity" in their words.
Like it or not, it may have been that the most 'privileged' among us -- those who travel the most, young people who will gather for spring break no matter what -- who would have been the most optimal group to first receive the vaccine (had it actually helped stop transmission). We'll never know, because nobody was basing these decisions on medical facts.
Other than the elderly, the other very vulnerable group was the obese. But progressives didn't want to stigmatize the obese and overweight so we all had to be treated as if we were as at risk as people who choose to eat more food than they need.
See this article from the NY Times early on in the pandemic: "Coronavirus Ravages 7 Members of a Single Family, Killing 4"
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/18/nyregion/new-jersey-family-coronavirus.html
The photo shows a group of people who are all, to use the correct technical term, obese or morbidly obese. But nobody will discuss the elephant in the room.
It would have been great to see if masks really work, but we now have no way of knowing. Few people actually wore masks properly, in a way that medical professionals use them. Early on, if they had trained a group of people who were likely to comply with the use of "splash masks" and N-95 masks, and compared them to a control group, we could have known quickly if they were effective at all. So many opportunities to do controlled experiments to advance public health with little downside were squandered.
Early on in the pandemic, I saw a video of a group of people, few of them experts in anything, deciding who should get the yet-to-be-produced vaccine first. They did this based on who they felt was the most "oppressed" -- not who would benefit most from them. To "ensure equity" in their words.
https://thearcca.org/california-establishes-vaccine-advisory-committee-to-ensure-equity-in-covid-19-vaccine-access/
Like it or not, it may have been that the most 'privileged' among us -- those who travel the most, young people who will gather for spring break no matter what -- who would have been the most optimal group to first receive the vaccine (had it actually helped stop transmission). We'll never know, because nobody was basing these decisions on medical facts.