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Originally Posted by tvbound
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I would propose a 2-level solution. The main objective is to achieve the best health outcome for ALL of society. You have to attack the disease where it has spread or will spread the most (now that it is raging). So, hospital staff should be 1st. They are indoors and they have the greatest need because of up-close work with patients who either have CV or may have CV. Office types and management that do not see patients should NOT be 1st or early to get the vaccine. 2nd, I would vaccinate residents and staff of long-term care facilities - because they are indoors, packed in close, and older. Prisons would be in the same situation. Not that inmates DESERVE it early, but prisons would be a perfect incubator area for the CV with the staff then spreading it to the general population.
...... 3rd, I would allocate the vaccine to the 1st responders and front line workers that can NOT work from home...........my 4th group would be the over-65 US residents.
Notice that I would give ZERO consideration to which groups were made up of more or less whites, blacks, or browns. That is like a "red herring". It is meaningless to argue about that or try to change culture with a vaccine. You attack the DISEASE where it exists in quantity and thus protect the maximum members of ALL society. The DISEASE is going to go to the weakest links of society where it can spread the most, regardless of skin color.
The 2nd level of the solution would be if there is not enough vaccine to do ALL of those 4 groups mentioned. Then within those classifications of groups, you use a LOTTERY system or chance to determine which INDIVIDUALS get it. So, first set priority groups and then use a chance or lottery system for individuals......... also, I would use a lottery system for the rest of the GENERAL population.