As the debate about how to distribute the COVID-19 vaccine across the US continues apace, the advocates of social justice ideology have started to give their verdict on…
An American university professor has sparked outrage after suggesting that the elderly should not be first in line to receive the COVID-19 vaccine because they are more likely to be white. Harald Schmidt, a professor of ethics and health policy at the University of Pennsylvania – notably himself a white man – said in an interview with The New York Times that it would be justifiable to give essential workers higher priority not only due to the risk of front-line work, but also because they are more often from minority backgrounds, whereas the elderly are a largely white group. “Older populations are whiter”, Mr Schmidt said, adding that, “society is structured in a way that enables them to live longer.
