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That explains faildale then..... Oh hang on ��
Quote Originally Posted by Geoff Parkstone View Post
Has anyone suggested that this "not yet here vaccine" should only be given to the west, or is this another pre-emptive strike from yourself! Also your suggestion that the vaccine should be given to everyone, so that "we" don't get covid again is a tad disingenuous: everyone should get it so THEY don't die.

As I said a couple of days back, Sultana may have a point re susceptibility, but to then instantly link it to being underprivileged is a bridge too far. You may just as well take the example of sickle cell anaemia - pretty much exclusively a black disease - and claim that its due to BAME underprivilege. No, its a simple genetic difference. Not all humans are the same. There may be a genetic reason why some ethnic groups are more susceptible - and who knows, we may discover one group that is immune which would be a great leap forward.
Hmmm...where have I said, ‘the vaccine should be given to everyone so that ‘we’ don’t get Covid again’?

That’s right...I haven’t. I’ve simply said that drugs companies need to set profit aside and ensure that Covid-19 is eradicated from the whole World not just Europe and the USA. It is time to put national/company self interest to one side and treat this as a solution to a world wide problem. So, no sort of ‘pre-emptive strike’ as you call it, but let’s face it...whether it be how the establishment handles the price of cancer fighting drugs, it’s attitude to climate change, or the unedifying sight of countries scrapping over ventilator deals...the leading players have hardly covered themselves in glory so far have they?

On the subject of Coronavirus and BAME people. Tricky originally suggested that the MP who first raised this question was a ‘plank’ for doing so and sought to liken her to his favourite hate object, Diane Abbott (and ‘coincidentally’ David Lammy) in the process.
It may, as you suggest, be a question of ‘genetic difference’, it may be related to the fact that a disproportionate number of BAME live in relative poverty or it may be the result of some of the lifestyle choices which Ram59 intelligently highlighted.
I don’t know...but I do know that the MP was quite right to raise the concern (that’s all she did) and it is a concern that now seems to have been further validated by the head of the BMA.