would be better served prioritizing non-health-related essential workers for COVID-19 vaccines no matter their age.Caroline Colijn, Paul Tupper and Chris McCabe say vaccinating those out in the public can reduce overall virus exposure.The B.C.
government is currently vaccinating people solely based on age starting with those over the age of 80 and working down.“One well-known fact about COVID is that older age groups have the highest risk of experiencing severe complications or dying from being infected.
So you might think that the best thing to do is vaccinate people in descending order of age, in order to minimize the harm. This works if everyone is equally likely to be exposed to the virus — but they aren’t,” Colijn writes.“Essential.