Since African Americans are far more likely to die from Covid....should we be first priority for getting vaccine???

You really want Big Pharma targeting black people?

Too early to tell if possible side effects make Risk Reward of covid-19 vaccine worth it. Covid-19 vaxx is not like Small Pox vaccine or Polio vaccine. After (1/4 to 1/3) of the world gets covid-19 vaccine from December, 2020 through May, 2021, the rest of us will learn from chumps who line up initially for vaccine of covid-19.

Is it really true that African Americans are more likely to die of Covid?

I honestly don't know, but I suspect African Americans are more likely to be in situations (access to health-care, pre-existing conditions, etc.) that make one more susceptible to Covid and /or more likely to become infected, but that there is not a strict biological/genetic cause of increased risk.

I mention it because access to the vaccine would likely be affected by those situational variables as well.

Distribution will be a really tough ethics call for sure, but I imagine most people would agree that healthcare workers, the elderly, and those with weak immune systems, should be at/near the front of the line.

Hmm, what could we do, as a society, to make racial division even worse...

By all means, get in line first.

I am not sure if it hit black people more. Look at Africa. I think it is a poverty issue, and unfortunately our poor inner cities still have a higher than average number of african americans. I think the vaccine should target the elderly, and unhealthy first, then adults in the inner cities as population density is definitely an issue. Kids in general should not be getting it until longer term trials show good safety. Those at risk of dying for other reasons should be first on the list as this will certainly prolong life span even if there are minor issues with the vaccine.

Probably a troll post, but I'll respond anyway.

It is due to higher rates of obesity, diabetes, other such health factors among the Black community, which will all already be prioritized. So, wouldn't make sense to prioritize distribution simply based on being Black.

huh what wrote:

Hmm, what could we do, as a society, to make racial division even worse...

The first couple of days following the murder of Nicole Brown allegedly by OJ Simpson it was a scandalous celebrity murder story.

The media made sure a few days later to turn it into a racial problem.

Headlines the Monday following the Friday OJ jeep ride were about the racial divide on how the nation viewed the crime. Basically blacks think this, whites think that.

Who do you think owns the media? (Elon Musk tweet).

Obesity rates in African Americans are appalling; to a lesser degree Americans in general. Given disease has increased severity in this population, no surprise. Honestly everyone in our icu BMI > 30. Many much higher. Choices made in the past to disregard being healthy coming home to roost.

The Unkle wrote:

huh what wrote:

Hmm, what could we do, as a society, to make racial division even worse...

The first couple of days following the murder of Nicole Brown allegedly by OJ Simpson it was a scandalous celebrity murder story.

The media made sure a few days later to turn it into a racial problem.

Headlines the Monday following the Friday OJ jeep ride were about the racial divide on how the nation viewed the crime. Basically blacks think this, whites think that.

Who do you think owns the media? (Elon Musk tweet).

Racial division gets people clickin’

From what I've seen there's a link between vit D deficiency and COVID deaths, and black people are more likely to be vit D deficient (white people lost the melanin to be able to take in more sunlight at more northern latitides, and thus get the vit D needed)

So while there are socioeconomic factors, there is also a physiological difference to explain the virus affecting black people in Europe and North America worse than it does black people in Africa.

Hopefully, the answer to that question is yes. African Americans are 2.7X more likely to die from COVID than Caucasian counterparts.

Being old and African American is not a good combo. They should surely be the first to benefit from vaccine. If we want deaths to flatten out or reduce faster that’s the way to go...

Men also die more from COVID than women do. So if we want the best bang for the buck for every early vaccine. Give it to old African American men.

Those most at risk should get the vaccine first. Period.

Urban poor neighborhoods should definitely be the first priority for vaccination, regardless of whether people are black or brown or whatever. These are where most of the front line workers live who are not Drs. or RNs. These are also the communities that have most of the comorbidities due to diet, pollution, etc. And these communities have very poor access to health care. So, just getting the vaccine distributed in these communities is going to be a challenge.

Definitely.

Than when it goes wrong they can blame white people for being racist.

So most definitely get it first.

Precious Roy wrote:

Urban poor neighborhoods should definitely be the first priority for vaccination, regardless of whether people are black or brown or whatever. These are where most of the front line workers live who are not Drs. or RNs. These are also the communities that have most of the comorbidities due to diet, pollution, etc. And these communities have very poor access to health care. So, just getting the vaccine distributed in these communities is going to be a challenge.

The bolded statement above is a very good point.

In addition, population density in poorer urban neighborhoods is a given, including large numbers of occupants in some small apartments--within which no one is likely to be wearing a mask.

Speaking purely anecdotally, my experience and observation is that *as a group* urban Black people are somewhat less likely to be wearing masks out in public, too.

fttggyy wrote:

Hopefully, the answer to that question is yes. African Americans are 2.7X more likely to die from COVID than Caucasian counterparts.

Being old and African American is not a good combo. They should surely be the first to benefit from vaccine. If we want deaths to flatten out or reduce faster that’s the way to go...

Try being Native American also & certain segments of Mex-Am population

The fraud "liberals" (Democrats) have for the most part disregarded HEALTH among all these peoples, often conspiring with venal Republicans to not gaf and not only maintain but expand the environmental racism status quo.

And somehow fools here pretend their running with an idiotic mask makes ANY difference.