DISQUS

reef the dog · 3 weeks ago

Maybe it's because they travel all over and sign lots of autographs for kids? Let's be reasonable here fer gosh sakes!

devlzadvocate · 3 weeks ago

That's right! High risk groups: 1) health care workers; 2)pregnant women; 3) children; 4) autograph signing athletes.

They are the same MEN who would have been in drag on the Titanic lifeboats during the calls for women and children ONLY.

vkobaya · 3 weeks ago

High risk groups? Please define what are high risk groups. High risk groups for being assos, selfish, self-serving, self-centered elite, rich, powerful and politically connected. My guess is the government medical coverage also covers being first in line for the limited supplies of vaccine.

Reef the dog · 2 weeks ago

Think about it. Wouldn't you feel a little better knowing that NBA guy isn't spreading the virus all over the country? I'm not concerned about THEM, I am concerned about the literally thousands of people they come into contact with on a nearly daily basis. Would you want your kid getting the virus from a basketball player who got it from another kid the day before? It is just madness to say they are not going to spread it around, there is a high risk that they WILL. There aren't that many of them either, it seems a good use for a small percentage of doses to possibly prevent a HUGE number of cases and to PREVENT IT SPREADING.

nicho · 3 weeks ago

And maybe it's because they're millionaire athletes and politicians love to sniff jocks -- for gosh sakes!

theevilqueen · 3 weeks ago

It's possible that these groups ordered the vaccine long before anyone knew that there would be a shortage. Even the Wall Street guys only got a small fraction of what they ordered.
People, really, this is a non-story, bloated by the likes of Faux news, junst another thing to blame on Obama. I'm surprised any liberal blog would repeat this junk.

tduffy2 · 3 weeks ago

Tell that to the hospitals who received their vaccines BEHIND Wall Street...

http://www.healthcare-digital.com/MarketSector/...

I guess professional athletes are now considered the privileged elite. Amurkins must be able to watch their teams on their HiDefs while they die of the flu.

devlzadvocate · 3 weeks ago

Tell that to the parents of the kid who couldn't get the vaccine and died from H1N1.

Asterix · 3 weeks ago

I hate to admit that I have a secret wish that the banksters and athletes got a bad batch.

I'm not a child or a pregnant woman; I'll tough it out without the vaccine. Last year's flu vaccine left me with a reaction that lasted longer than the flu would have.

And I remember the 70's swine flu where a fair number of people were hit with GBS as a reaction.

UnitedHealthDeathPanels · 3 weeks ago

I want Kobe and the Lakers to get another championship so I don't mind this.


I am also literally a child.

Brad · 3 weeks ago

Marketing!
"Supplies are limited. Buy now!"
"Available to members of elite groups. Reserve yours today!"

vkobaya · 3 weeks ago

I would like it to be publicly acknowledged when Obama and his family gets vaccinated. Given his position, he should be the last person in the nation to be vaccinated. Given that he seems to think he deserves a crown, my guess is that this piece of royal shit will demand to be vaccinated even ahead of his family.

the crustybastard · 3 weeks ago

Um, maybe it's because these guys necessarily travel for a living?

It was traveling merchants that carried the black plague from city to city.

Just saying.

brian · 2 weeks ago

I traveled 4 times this week. I don't make millions of dollars and no one ever offered me a shot.

Indigo · 2 weeks ago

Fortunately, the United States does not have a class system. [/snark]

cambridgemac · 2 weeks ago

"Too much change?"
You betcha!

Guest · 2 weeks ago

And what is so great about getting this "miracle vaccine"? It is more likely to kill you than to save you, statistically.