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> Put shortly, I would have vaccinated college kids and working age folks first. They are not likely to die from it, but are far more likely to spread it than elderly and severely diseased folks.

Many people agree with you. Vaccinating the most mobile people and isolating the most "immobile" (retirees, children, sick) is very logical.

My guess is politicians know it but they would never make such a decision. It'd be a political suicide.



> Vaccinating the most mobile people and isolating the most "immobile" (retirees, children, sick) is very logical.

Only if you know that the vaccine prevents or even reduces transmissibility - which we didn't until well after the vaccine roll-out


Nice idea, but being vaccinated against something does not mean you can't carry and spread it.

Given that's true, those older folk, at the most risk are the place to start.


I should have read your comment first. It was much more succinct than mine :)




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