I got a text from a neighbor asking to borrow a bathroom scale. When I gave it to him, he immediately weighed himself and was relieved that he was overweight enough to qualify for a covid-19 vaccine he had just booked. As a result of our prioritization scheme, we’ve created a negative-sum contest where we encourage an already overweight population to maintain or increase their weight for a chance at an earlier vaccination.
I got a text from a neighbor asking to borrow a bathroom scale. When I gave it to him, he immediately weighed himself and was relieved that he was overweight enough to qualify for a covid-19 vaccine he had just booked. As a result of our prioritization scheme, we’ve created a negative-sum contest where we encourage an already overweight population to maintain or increase their weight for a chance at an earlier vaccination.
This country is frustrating sometimes.