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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PPl pissed at Nate Silver for acting like a contagious disease epidemiologist and he's not...and did a  lot of science wrong.[/quote]

Except the contagious disease epidemiologists in question who wrote the report were not acting like all epidemiologists would per se when they recommended not putting elderly folks first in the next phase, which would increase the number of predicted deaths. Looks like the CDC is now recommending they are put first, so those experts seem more in line with the Nate Silver perspective, which seems the more ethical perspective. Questioning experts is called critical thinking. Experts are all operating under various influences and can come to different conclusions. Good for Nate Silver. We need more critical thinking, not less.[/quote]
I don’t understand where this line of thinking is coming from? Every recommendation I saw, prior to the CDC weighing in, was frontline health workers first, then the elderly.[/quote]

Frontline health workers are getting first, as we speak, along with residents in long term care.  They were going to prioritize essential workers over people over 74, for the next phase.  Now they are going to prioritize people over 74, and a smaller group of the frontline essential workers most at risk of exposure, for the next phase (Phase 1b)[/quote]

Yes, I am both over 74 and an essential worker. My hospital said I would receive the vaccine because of my age, not my job. [/quote]

Good for you.  As it should be.  In the end, CDC made the right call in line with Nate Silver et al.'s take on the correct ethics.  And thank you for your service. [/quote]

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