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Opinion | We need to prioritize incarcerated people as the COVID vaccine is distributed. By Ash_Prashar.

argue for vaccinating incarcerated and detained persons. Congregant settings, like assisted living and nursing home facilities are already top of the list, so logic would dictate that detention centers and prisons be included.

Incarcerated populations are uniquely vulnerable to the virus. They are four times more likely to be infected than people in the general population, according to a. Overall, COVID-19 mortality rates among prisoners are higher than in the general population. Outbreaks that start in prisons and jails may spread to the surrounding communities.

Failure to prevent avoidable deaths during these inevitable moments simply repeats the thoughtless action of previous natural disasters.

 

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Ash_Prashar Opinion: No we don't

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Ash_Prashar of course we do, cause they are working, paying taxes, mixing with other workers, (that's sarcasm) what kind of scum loving idiot writes such dribble. Prioritise those working, contributing to society, not the vermin draining it.

Ash_Prashar Ummm fck that. BI is trash

Ash_Prashar Here comes the race dividing bs

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