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| Pressley: Prison Inmates Should Receive First Coronavirus Vaccines |
| 2020-12-21 |
| [Free Beacon] Massachusetts congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (D.) said Sunday that incarcerated men and women should be prioritized alongside health care workers in the distribution of the coronavirus vaccine. "I'm going to continue to fight for our most vulnerable communities who have been disproportionately impacted by the virus, for our health care workers, for our essential workers, for incarcerated men and women to be prioritized in the distribution of the vaccine," Pressley told CNN. Pressley's statement is in line with her state's vaccination plan but clashes with other leaders' approaches. Massachusetts is prioritizing prison inmates and homeless individuals over senior citizens and at-risk individuals in its vaccination plan. The state's inmates will receive vaccines after frontline workers and residents of nursing homes. Washington, D.C., mayor Muriel Bowser (D.) has said her city's inmates and homeless will be prioritized in vaccinations to create an "equitable distribution" of the vaccine. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #8 I meant can't. No excuses. I'd had my breakfast and was on my second cup of coffee. I make no claim of perfection. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2020-12-21 17:21 |
| #7 Abu, if you meant can instead of can't I agree with you. My preferred group would be all Democrats. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2020-12-21 11:46 |
| #6 I can think of a better group of people to serve as guinea pigs for the rest of us. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2020-12-21 11:37 |
| #5 Not such a bad idea, really. You get to find out what the side effects are without throwing it out on the productive part of the population. Whatever else, it beats releasing them wholesale. I say vaccinate 'em good and hard, then let them get back to work on the rest of that 'Life' situation. |
| Posted by: Cesare 2020-12-21 09:27 |
| #4 Two hundred years ago when there wasn't wealth to be taken by the state to assuage the ruling class' moral superiority, we didn't warehouse hundreds of thousands of sociopaths. Felons were executed. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2020-12-21 09:15 |
| #3 Can our next constitution specifically say in clause one that angry people are ineligible for any and all elective offices and bureaucratic appointments? Just hopin... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-12-21 08:30 |
| #2 Her constituents. |
| Posted by: Ulavirong Omeager2818 2020-12-21 08:25 |
| #1 How about they serve as the control group? |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2020-12-21 08:23 |