Ethics Professor Says Elderly White People Should Wait For Vaccine To "Level The Playing Field"

An ethics professor at the University of Pennsylvania sparked a heated debate by suggesting essential workers should get priority for the COVID vaccine over vulnerable senior citizens, because the workers are more likely to be minorities.

“Older populations are whiter, ” Harald Schmidt told the New York Times. “Society is structured in a way that enables them to live longer. Instead of giving additional health benefits to those who already had more of them, we can start to level the playing field a bit.”