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Oregon Weighs Race-Based Vaccine Preferences
Reason ^ | January 26, 2021 | Jacob Grier

Posted on 01/27/2021 2:05:13 PM PST by karpov

States have many factors to consider when allocating their scarce vaccine doses: the age of recipients, medical conditions that put people at risk, and jobs that put workers in contact with the public, to name a few. A committee in Oregon is considering an unusual recommendation to allocate vaccines by race. The proposal is intended to address inequities but would invite legal challenges to a vaccination program that has already been off to a rocky start.

The state's COVID-19 Vaccine Advisory Committee is a group of 27 individuals tasked with devising "a vaccine sequencing plan focused on health equity to ensure the needs of systemically affected populations, including communities of color, tribal communities and people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, are met." The committee's members include representatives from health providers as well as community groups such as the Oregon Pacific Islander Coalition and the Somali American Council of Oregon. Although decision making responsibility ultimately lies with the Oregon Health Authority and Governor Kate Brown, the state has pledged to follow the committee's recommendations.

The committee concluded its first meeting in early January unable to agree even on endorsing the efficacy of coronavirus vaccines. (Both the Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines are remarkably effective.) At the most recent meeting on January 21, the committee deliberated who should be next in line for vaccinations after healthcare workers, senior care residents, teachers, and several other groups.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Oregon
KEYWORDS: covid; racialpreferences
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To: karpov
Maybe to appear fair they could proceed in alphabetical order.

First would be African Americans.
Second would be American Indians and Alaska Natives.
Third would be Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
Fourth would be Hispanics.
Fifth would be LBGTQ+ Community.
Sixth would be People of Color (not already included).
Seventh would be Undocumented Immigrants.
Eighth would be Whites.

21 posted on 01/27/2021 2:35:38 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: Sooth2222
“they need to convince Blacks to take the vaccine.”

maybe if they could get a famous black athlete to take it, like Hank Aaron uhhh.. never mind

22 posted on 01/27/2021 2:37:15 PM PST by Polynikes ( Hakkaa paalle)
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To: karpov

Just reinstitute slavery while you’re at it and give white people 3/4 of a vote.


23 posted on 01/27/2021 2:38:22 PM PST by Skywise
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To: Sooth2222

The case for vitamin D deficiency is circumstantial, but pervasive.


24 posted on 01/27/2021 2:39:30 PM PST by absalom01 (You should do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, and you should never wish to do less.)
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To: Sooth2222
It's not just just COVID-19 -- Blacks are more susceptible to other RNA viruses, like HIV and Hepatitis C, too.

I feel sorry for them if there is some kind of RNA or DNA factor in getting sick more often. I wish medical science could conquer this. Sounds like sickle cell anemia for black people and Tay-Sachs disease for Jewish people. And more macular degeneration for blue eyed people.

25 posted on 01/27/2021 2:39:37 PM PST by frank ballenger (End vote fraud, harvesting,non-citizen voting & leftist media news censorship or we are finished.)
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To: Sooth2222

Diabetes mainly driven by obesity is higher among blacks rather than among japanese. Those are the 2 most commons causes of death relating to CV19.


26 posted on 01/27/2021 2:42:21 PM PST by Polynikes ( Hakkaa paalle)
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To: Polynikes

Also chronic low levels of D3


27 posted on 01/27/2021 2:43:32 PM PST by Polynikes ( Hakkaa paalle)
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To: karpov

The civil rights activist types were putting pressure on Nebraska Governor and the county health departments here to prioritize blacks and Hispanics over elderly, etc. I don’t think they got any concessions.


28 posted on 01/27/2021 2:52:19 PM PST by NEMDF
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To: frank ballenger

Around here, the reasoning was that people of color have less access to health care.

Which I am not buying. They actually get free health care a lot more often than many of the rest of us, I expect.


29 posted on 01/27/2021 2:53:44 PM PST by NEMDF
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To: nascarnation

It’s been a real pleasure knowing you Mr. Nas Carnation. Where should we send the flowers? Are Carnations ok?


30 posted on 01/27/2021 2:56:58 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (Democracy Dies With Democrats)
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To: karpov

I don’t want to sound off base here, but I’m all for allowing 15% of the population be guinea pigs.

I’m going to get the vaccine, but I don’t mind giving others a 3-4 month head start.


31 posted on 01/27/2021 2:57:40 PM PST by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.")
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To: karpov

Watch the fur fly when they come up with vaccines for “whites only” and “coloreds only”...


32 posted on 01/27/2021 3:08:02 PM PST by OrangeHoof (Halftime score: COVID-19, Constitutional Freedoms - 0)
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To: OrangeHoof

Critical Race Theory that is now taught in nearly all American universities says; If you are white and male, you are bad.

Here we see its inevitable result in Oregon.


33 posted on 01/27/2021 3:14:28 PM PST by conservativehistorian (civilizational suicide continues)
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To: ptsal

ptsal wrote: “Post 6..... Does Sarah Palin get credit for popularizing the phrase?”

Actually, the phrase predates Palin by a bunch. Rather interestingly Obama used it, supposedly, to refer to Palin.

Here’s an article.

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2008/09/where-does-the-expression-lipstick-on-a-pig-come-from.html


34 posted on 01/27/2021 3:15:13 PM PST by DugwayDuke (We deeply regret any inconveniences cause by the pandemic.)
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To: Verginius Rufus

“First would be African Americans.
Second would be American Indians and Alaska Natives.
Third would be Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
Fourth would be Hispanics.
Fifth would be LBGTQ+ Community.
Sixth would be People of Color (not already included).
Seventh would be Undocumented Immigrants.
Eighth would be Whites.”

Here is the problem with raced based stories about Oregon.

Black 1.8%
A Indians 1.4%
Asian 3.7%
Pacific Isle .3%
Hispanics. 11.7%
LBGTQ ? The lesbians in this state are
humorless assholes.

Some other race 5.3%
2 or more races. 3.8%
White. 83.6% If this group lives in an urban area,
look for a lot of leftist stupidity.

Undocumented ? Most of this group disappeared 5-10
years ago.

If you aren’t White or Hispanic, then your numbers are miniscule. However the Oregon government is completely incompetent, so Whites & Hispanics should start receiving vaccinations sometime in 2022.


35 posted on 01/27/2021 3:16:02 PM PST by unclebankster (Globalism is the last refuge of a scoundrel)
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To: karpov

The way this is turning out, minorities, women, and politicians are going to get the jab, and white men aren’t.

This is the first time that reverse racism is actually going to work for me.


36 posted on 01/27/2021 3:17:02 PM PST by RinaseaofDs
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To: NEMDF
I am a fat old guy with hypertension living in the #1 COVID-19 state, but according to the Johns Hopkins & University of Maryland COVID-19 Mortality Risk Calculator , I am less likely than the average American to die as a result of COVID-19.

As a fat old guy, I am much more likely to die from the big killers - cardiovascular disease, cancer and stroke - than the average American.

A reduced risk of dying from COVID-19 is not something that I might have guessed by listening to the MSM and St. Fauci.

37 posted on 01/27/2021 3:33:19 PM PST by Sooth2222 (“Taxation without representation is tyranny.” -James Otis (1761))
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To: Sooth2222

I believe very strongly that the differing rates and severity of COVID infections is (at least partially) due to genetics.


38 posted on 01/27/2021 3:57:10 PM PST by lastchance (Credo.)
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To: drSteve78

it was nice knowing ya!


39 posted on 01/27/2021 4:09:12 PM PST by gas_dr (Trial lawyers AND POLITICIANS are Endangering Every Patient in America: INCLUDING THEIR LIBERTIES)
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To: Sooth2222

Hispanics in the 3 counties north of Gay Frisco have a higher infection rate and a high death rate.


40 posted on 01/27/2021 4:11:43 PM PST by Grampa Dave (Law & order took the last train out of DC and America on election/coup/night, Tues., Nov. 03, 2020!)
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