Schmidt, an expert in ethics and health policy at the University of Pennsylvania, stated that a perfectly reasonable set of priorities was at play in the new guidance. “Older populations are whiter,” said the expert in ethics. “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.” Of course, “leveling the playing field a bit” here cannot mean anything other than “letting more white people die.”71 Formal support for this policy also appeared in the
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