Who gets vaccinations against the Chinese virus (and its mutations)?
Seniors or working people.
Hard choice.
The case for protecting seniors before working age people is the seniors’ general inability to recover from the virus.
Senior, more than working age people are more likely to be less resilient and to have more “underlying” health conditions.
On the other hand, retired seniors can sequester in their homes. If they must go out — and most “must” go out — for food and necessities, to doctors’ offices, to government offices (e.g., post offices, Social Security), the trips usually are specific and brief.
This assumes the seniors have an income from pre-paid sources (e.g., Social Security, retirement plans, securities).
- Many merchants have “early hours” for seniors, but the merchants’ doors are open for anyone who wants to enter. Besides, not all seniors are early risers. Again, a quandary.
The case for working-age people has two prongs.
One, these people must have an income.
They have bills to pay, families to (help) support.
The work they do is sometimes more, sometimes less, necessary.
The workers interact with seniors from time to time.
Another plus for “sticking it to seniors” is that many seniors do volunteer work with younger folk.
Mentoring, tutoring, generally volunteering at schools, libraries, and similar venues. (As much as their help is needed in medical environments, the danger may be too great even for those who have been “stuck.”)
Even if seniors are prioritized, younger people — including teenagers and, possibly, pre-teens — with “underlying conditions” are supposed to be inoculated early.
Step up
When I was a young enlistee (c 1960), I was introduced to “shot lines.”
Borrowing from Henry Ford’s production line experience, the recruits walked from medic (corpsman) to medic, each medic inoculating the recruit with one of the many medicines needed to assure the recruit’s health.
- Later, the medics put down the needles and syringes and picked up “guns” to inject more people faster.
In order to immunize more people faster, rather than have people come in and be seated, let those who can walk, walk to a medic, receive the immunization, and then go to an observation area for 15 to 30 minutes (to assure there are no adverse reactions). Geezers, such as this scrivener, can “roll up” with a walker, rollator2, or mobility scooter.
At least those people on rollators or mobility scooters have their own seats. 😁
Sources
1. Hammer and anvil image by Alina Oleynik
(https://tinyurl.com/y9uxw3vf)
2. Rollator: walker with four wheels. (See image, above)
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