The reaction of some public health experts was provoked by the news that US Vice President Kamala Harris took the Pfizer pill against Covid-19 while she had no symptoms.
Given that the available amounts of treatment are limited and Thousands of Americans do not have access to the pill, Harris's case raises the issue of health equality, Politico comments.
“Why would you give the pill to someone without symptoms?” asked Jonathan Rainer, a professor of surgery at George Washington University. Trump government.
Asymptomatic covid and no medical issues isn’t an indication for Paxlovid.
And this same media wanted minute by minute updates and speculated endlessly about Trumps underlying health status based upon the treatments he was or wasn’t getting…🤷🏽♂️
— Jerome Adams (@JeromeAdamsMD) April 27, 2022
However, Harris is 57 years old, an age that increases the risk of serious illness, according to the guidelines of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Adams and other experts have acknowledged that political leaders often “I do not consider it unreasonable,” said Celine Goodner, epidemiologist and editor-in-chief of Kaiser Health News.
As she pointed out, her instructions The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) predicts that the Pfizer pill is given to patients at risk of worsening without reporting the presence or absence of symptoms.
“Vice-presidents in this case are not necessarily the same as the average person,” Goodner said.
the nation “he said.
Other experts, however, believe that the vice president's privileged treatment simply confirms how unfair the system is.
