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Sapient Donkey

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12. Is there any other way to do it? There are production constraints that rate limit availability

Reply to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #5)

Fri Sep 18, 2020, 01:56 PM

Sep 2020

It only makes sense that those who are most exposed and most at risk would get it first.

I suppose in this case, the authoritarian nature of the Chinese government makes it easier to get things done, but they still have a lot of people to deal with. (Not promoting authoritarianism, btw)

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China says no need to vaccinate entire population against Covid-19 at this stage, only frontline wor [View all] TomCADem Sep 2020 OP

Here we will skip the front line workers and go straight for the white middle class to efhmc Sep 2020 #1

We will vaccinate the most critical and necessary workers. JustABozoOnThisBus Sep 2020 #7

Most likely, they'll do it in stages Warpy Sep 2020 #2

We need a vaccine to open. OneCrazyDiamond Sep 2020 #3

5 lessons on social distancing from the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic TomCADem Sep 2020 #6

Gov Newsom is in charge of that decision for my state. OneCrazyDiamond Sep 2020 #10

It Is Sad That We Need to Accept Trumpsters.... TomCADem Sep 2020 #11

I think this approach is more a reality check on the massive task of vaccinating 1.4 billion people. patphil Sep 2020 #4

That's a sensible way to do it. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2020 #5

Is there any other way to do it? There are production constraints that rate limit availability Sapient Donkey Sep 2020 #12

Given the fact that manufacturing a vaccine takes time, and the fact that people who Nitram Sep 2020 #8

In cases like yours, I wouldn't want to be one of the first people even if I could Sapient Donkey Sep 2020 #13

Let's just make sure the damn thing works - ok? nt. BlueIdaho Sep 2020 #9