Coronavirus in Massachusetts (Harvard: big house, sale, gated)

[msRB311]

I'm reading a book right now where the author believes that one day we will look at alcohol the cape at we do cigarettes and drinking will become a thing of the past. I think we have a looong way to go but alcohol really can and does cause a lot of problems. It causes more deaths than cancer and has been linked to a variety of cancers.

[htfdcolt]

Originally Posted by Shrewsburried

Yes, which is why I’m suggesting cigarette smoking has reached a ‘floor’ which can not easily be lowered by slapping further taxation or penalties. Those still consuming cigarettes are either deeply addicted or willfully ignoring the health impacts.

IMO, your idea of penalizing lifestyle choices seems reasonable, but I think it’s a rather disastrous way to distribute vaccines/healthcare. Introducing anything which attempts to gate via ‘virtuous living’ quickly becomes a biased crapshoot. Who’s more deserving of a Covid-19 vaccine: an ICU RN who smokes 2 packs a week and is the primary care taker of a disabled husband, or an underemployed single man with a rape charge who consumes kale smoothies and works out daily? Multiply this by 6+ million people in MA. Have fun playing God.

But here's one screen I'd like to see: Anyone who has gone on record in social media saying that the coronavirus is a hoax, or has railed against masks/hygiene/social distancing, automatically gets denied the vaccine.

[cb2008]

So how does one get to the top of the line to get a vaccine if you are 65+? Apparently some in that group are already getting their second shot.

[yesmaybe]

Originally Posted by cb2008

So how does one get to the top of the line to get a vaccine if you are 65+? Apparently some in that group are already getting their second shot.

Be in a nursing home?

[porterhouse]

Originally Posted by cb2008

So how does one get to the top of the line to get a vaccine if you are 65+?

Start smoking?

[msRB311]

Originally Posted by porterhouse

Start smoking?

Lol. Or get fat?

My brother in law has coronavirus right now. He's a recovering alcoholic who apparently relapsed last week, he's obese, he's a former smoker (but who knows, could be actively smoking. He's done liver damage to himself from drinking but apparently he's doing ok. Fingers crossed but i guess it's possible to get corona while fat and in poor health and not need to get on a ventilator.

[Boston Shudra]

Originally Posted by msRB311

I'm reading a book right now where the author believes that one day we will look at alcohol the cape at we do cigarettes and drinking will become a thing of the past. I think we have a looong way to go but alcohol really can and does cause a lot of problems. It causes more deaths than cancer and has been linked to a variety of cancers.

And people say that history doesn't repeat itself!

[CaseyB]

Originally Posted by cb2008

So how does one get to the top of the line to get a vaccine if you are 65+? Apparently some in that group are already getting their second shot.

Move to Florida.

[OutdoorLover]

'We don't have as many doses as we would like now for states like New York, for other states claiming to have run out of the vaccine,' Dr. Rochelle Walensky [new head of the CDC] said on Fox News Sunday. 'Right now, that is the pressure point that I am feeling and by the end of March or so I really do hope our production scale has scaled up dramatically and that we actually have way more than we have right now'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-New-York.html

[LLCNYC]

Originally Posted by htfdcolt

But here's one screen I'd like to see: Anyone who has gone on record in social media saying that the coronavirus is a hoax, or has railed against masks/hygiene/social distancing, automatically gets denied the vaccine.

Like thats a bad thing.


Hard pass from me.