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How NZ got played by NZ Herald
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In order to be factually accurate it would have to present all the facts. It didn't.
Hammer! My favourite munter!
Enlighten me, what facts were left out?
The fact that maori and pacifica were being forced to wait longer for operations and that the doctors were not treating them and sending them to the hospitals instead.
But your white replacement paranoia kicked in and you reacted in the most racist way possible. It really highlighted how deep and virulent racism is in this country so I guess the article was good for one thing.
I thought the only reason Maori Andrew Pasifica waited longer on average was because those groups had significantly more health issues, largely due to lifestyle choices?
Sounds a lot like you're saying "Maori and Pasifica are lazy, therefore their health problems are their own fault".
Which is completely wrong, btw, and also racist.
I also fail to see how I should be penalised for that.
You aren't being penalized for anything. Certain populations of people have different needs, and in certain circumstances these needs mean they should be prioritized higher than others, due to risk factors and other health outcomes. This isn't a hard concept, and applies to many more things than just race (as outlined in the article).
If all other factors are equal, need, wait time, financial situation etc, a Maori or pacific islander will get treated before a European person.
How is that not penalising us? How is that fair or equitable?
For a start, that is not what is happening. You have proven our point that the reporting on this is not accurate.
Every person is judged on a myriad of risk factors to decide the order of operations. One of these risk factors is race, but so is age, sex, socioeconomic status, genetics, severity of issues, and on and on.
Do you have a problem with someone going ahead of you if they are high risk because their disease is more serious? What about if they have pre-existing conditions? What about if they are genetically predisposed to worse outcomes if they wait? This is no different.
Additionally, you understand the entire health system as it stands is not fair and equitable towards Maori and Pacifika right? When all else is accounted for, they experience worse health outcomes than Pakeha, and that costs the health system (and "taxpayers") more money than needed. Preventative healthcare is always cheaper.
Even if this was a racist policy, which it isn't, it would only be attempting to correct the institutional unfairness between Pakeha and other groups. If you have a problem with this, then one can only assume you think they don't deserve it, which says a lot.