Lb8535
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Yes, the rationale is the same in the US. Immunization (in NY where the system is as organized as it can be made) is prioritized to 1. ensure skilled workers to care for those seriously ill 2. reduce the load on the hospitals, with a sub-priority for those who will be taken to the hospital but because of their age or physical condition probably can't be helped and so will occupy a bed unnecessarily 3. Ensure that the people actually keeping us going - postal workers, firefighters, teachers - stay healthy. If the goal were just to minimize infection, immunization would be sweeping an area by neighborhood, which I believe is the method in Chinese cities. I would add food-chain workers to #3 as we would not be alive right now without them.I think it is first and foremost about reducing hospital admissions, especially as some hospitals are now cancelling urgent cancer operations in order to deal with the influx of covid patients. So people who have the highest chance of hospitalisation/death are being prioritised over those who have less chance, regardless of whether they might actually have a higher chance of actually catching it in the first place due to being customer facing. It's just a horrible situation for so many people.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-55572871
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