Tue Jan 4, 2022 – 4:10 pm EST
NEW YORK (LifeSiteNews) — Non-white people will be prioritized for critical Covid-19 treatments that are in short supply in New York, according to the state’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
A document released by the department includes eligibility details for scarce treatments such as monoclonal antibodies and antiviral drugs requiring candidates to have “a medical condition or other factors that increase their risk for severe illness.”
People of non-white race or Hispanic and Latino ethnicity are considered to have an “increased risk of severe illness and death from COVID-19,” the document claims, due to “longstanding systemic health and social inequities.”
A spokeswoman for New York’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene nonetheless insisted to Fox News that neither “race nor ethnicity would disqualify an individual from receiving treatment” and that the “prioritization guidance comes directly from the CDC.”
“Systemic poverty, which has clearly proven to be a risk factor in populations in New York State and nationwide, is added to the algorithm of prioritization similar to all other risk factors. It is merely mentioned as a factor that increases risk,” Erin Silk told Fox News.
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