Let’s look on the bright side. The people voted this way (quite significantly) so they must be seeing something positive there. I already know all the downsides so let’s discuss the upsides.

  • Rangelus@lemmy.nz
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    1 year ago

    Racial background been a factor in health decisions for ages in certain situations. Just like age, weight, sex and smoking are. To be clear we are talking about situations where all else is equal between patients, then racial background based risk factors are included to decide who gets surgery first.

    I absolute believe clinically significant factors should be a part of health decisions, regardless of what they are.

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      1 year ago

      Ethnicity has only ever been used as a data point for the best health outcomes. Some diseases progress differently in different ethnicities. It has never been used to prioritise healthcare in NZ. The former is fine. The latter is an actual war crime.

      Either way, an argument of “it’s not new” isn’t a defence of systemic racial discrimination for healthcare.