From Wisconsin conservative James Wigderson:
Grothman Wants Immunization Wall
…immigrants here illegally are not being put to the front of the line for vaccinations as Grothman implies. Instead, DHS is merely continuing a pre-existing policy of preventing immigration enforcement at health care facilities to encourage immigrants here illegally to seek medical treatment without fear of government reprisal.
The policy makes sense. Contagious diseases like Covid-19 do not look at a person’s immigration status before deciding to infect them. Attempting to deny people here illegally access to immunizations will only defeat efforts to contain the Covid-19 virus, especially in work places that hire late numbers of illegal immigrants.
In addition, Grothman’s policy preference of not vaccinating illegal immigrants is counter-productive because mass vaccination is not only about the protection from disease of those who are vaccinated, but also those who cannot for religious or medical reasons be vaccinated. It is only through mass vaccination that real “herd immunity” is built, and denying vaccinations to a segment of society merely because of their immigration status will defeat the goal of a large immunized population preventing the spread of the disease.