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Utah, Minnesota face legal threats for using race as a factor to determine COVID treatment eligibility as non-whites were at greater risk for hospitalization
 [Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] - The Utah and Minnesota Department of Health both published guidelines for medical professionals to consider race and ethnicity as risk factors for COVID-19
- The Utah agency also asks doctors to use risk score cards that give "non-white" status two extra points when determining eligibility for antibody treatment
- America First Legal, a conservative law group, called the policies racist and in violation of federal law for discrimination based on race
- The Utah Department of Health defended its policy, citing that no one is eligible solely on race and that COVID has had greater impact in communities of color
Posted by: Skidmark 2022-01-14 |
