I bet they were white and rich.
Herself got the 1st vaccine...she's white and rich (in a global context). Voiciferous.....no commentI reckon the following is not far off the mark with first four dominating betting:-
1/33 White and Rich and Voiciferous
I was talking globally.
All the rich white people will be vaccinated first. The people who need it most will get it last. The head of the WHO is now saying the same thing.
Oh, okay, so people in Afghanistan and Chad and the Central African Republic and Somalia will get it the same time as the rest of us. You should let them know, they are under a different impression. So is Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (the head of the WHO). He described it as a catastrophic moral failure. I think he's understating it.Without the rich people there wouldn't be a vaccine... and China, India, Japan, Korea are hardly 'white', nor are the populations of UK, US, France exclusively white. I think you've taken a wrong turn somewhere.
Without the taxes of rich people in this country there's be no welfare. Should I get a maid and a gardener for my troubles or are the taxes I pay the price of civilization and a moral duty?Without the rich people there wouldn't be a vaccine... and China, India, Japan, Korea are hardly 'white', nor are the populations of UK, US, France exclusively white. I think you've taken a wrong turn somewhere.
Oh, okay, so people in Afghanistan and Chad and the Central African Republic and Somalia will get it the same time as the rest of us. You should let them know, they are under a different impression. So is Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (the head of the WHO). He described it as a catastrophic moral failure. I think he's understating it.
Wow.No I think a it would be a moral failure to develop a vaccine and keep it to yourself, period.
Funding a vaccine that the above countries could never hope to develop, and then rolling it out to them after vaccinating one's own populations so as to restore economic normality is in no sense a moral failure.
The rollout which likely will have considerable funding from charities (Mr Gates) and global organisations (also funded by rich countries).
Wow.
Do you feel the same about rich people here? Should they get vaccinated first? After all it's their taxes that pays for everything.
If I can prove I'm a net contributor to the exchequer (I am) should I go to the head of the queue?
Okay, so you are cool with people with a very low risk of dying from the virus in Ireland getting vaccinated before the most vulnerable people in the poorest countries in the world.I'm not going to get drawn down ridiculous rabbit holes. The logical moral conclusion of your argument is Ireland shouldn't spend a single cent more on an Irish person's health than on any anywhere in the world. It's a globalist fantasy. Ireland and the EU etc need to sort themselves out first before they think about helping the rest, and Ireland has a special responsibility towards its own citizens, as each country does. Our moral duty does not encompass sacrificing our economy to lockdowns and leaving our population exposed to the virus.
I'm not going to continue this any further here as to me it is fantasy stuff that should be in shooting the breeze.
That line has been used to justify some pretty awful things throughout history. I don't consider our economy to be more important than other people's lives. We are talking about a slower rolling back of our lockdown with minimal additional loss of life here.Ireland has a special responsibility towards its own citizens, as each country does.
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