On 2021-01-28 9:14 p.m., Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 1/28/2021 10:48 AM, Dave Smith wrote:

>> The reason I question the demographics is that a couple weeks ago I
>> heard a person of colour complaining about how vaccines are usually
>> developed by white Europeans and tested on people of colour. The
>> suggestion was that if it had serious side effects or lacked
>> effectiveness it would affect those people of colour and white people
>> would get the new and improved version. Then they started with the
>> vaccination program and, sure enough... people of colour.
>>
>> Sometimes you just can't win.
>>
>>
>>
> People of color have a much higher death rate so getting them vaccinated
> is a priority.
>
> As for testing, they accepted many types and ages.Â* People working in
> the nursing homes were also responsible for much of the spread so
> getting them done first should be a priority.Â* Of course you can read
> the color factor into that.
>
> As for the 700 in a first nation community, if there was an infection I
> imagine it would be more devastating than in the cities.

Maybe I should have written that the other way around. I should have
started with the complaint about White Europeans making vaccines and
testing them on people of colour. I don't object to those front line
workers getting the vaccine. It seems that their working in low paying
jobs leads to them living, working and commuting in close contact with
others, and if they get infected they will pass it on to the more
susceptible residents of the old folks homes. I do question the motive
for that particular native community. We are almost a year into this
pandemic and they have not had a single case. There are other areas that
are much more in need of the vaccine,