The vaccines are going to be targeted where the risk is the greatest,
and that is in our
elderly population.
We are not going to put young,
healthy workers ahead of our elderly,
vulnerable population.
A U.S.
advisory panel says the first doses of a COVID
-19 vaccine should be given to healthcare workers
and residents with long-term care facilities.
prioritize influenza vaccines in the face of a pandemic,
and one of the first groups
to be prioritized were pregnant women and mothers or parents,
so anybody who lives in
close proximity to children who are six months and older.
I mean,
there are other people who have indirect health effects,
for example,
someone who employs
many people.
I mean,
if all these people lose their jobs,
that will definitely have mental
and even other health effects.
I said to them,
choose which patients to treat.
It all looks a bit random.
And the man looked up at me and said,
in a sad sort of tone in his voice,
it's actually much worse than that.
It's completely arbitrary.