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Letter to the editor: At risk? You’re last to get vaccinated under Maine’s new policy
Those most at risk of severe infection include not only older Mainers but also frontline workers and people without homes.
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The change to a purely age-based prioritization system for the coronavirus vaccine is a clear ethical mistake.
If Dr. Nirav Shah tells me that advanced age is the single best predictor that someone exposed to the coronavirus will become seriously ill, I believe him. But we cannot magically give vaccines only to those who will be exposed to the virus – and surely being exposed to the virus is an even better predictor than advanced age that someone will become seriously ill.