Fairly Prioritizing Groups for Access to COVID-19 Vaccines

Fairly Prioritizing Groups for Access to COVID-19 Vaccines

This Viewpoint proposes that ethical principles of preventing harm, helping disadvantaged populations, and achieving equal treatment should guide COVID-19 vaccine distribution, supporting initial allocation to health care workers, people in high-risk occupations and housing, and those with high-risk...

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Veröffentlicht in:JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association 2020-10, Vol.324 (16), p.1601-1602
Hauptverfasser: Persad, Govind, Peek, Monica E, Emanuel, Ezekiel J
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Communicable Disease Control
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
COVID-19 - prevention & control
COVID-19 Vaccines
Ethics, Medical
Health care
Health Personnel
Health Services Accessibility - ethics
Health Services Accessibility - organization & administration
Humans
Immunization Programs - organization & administration
Medical personnel
Vaccines
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Zusammenfassung:This Viewpoint proposes that ethical principles of preventing harm, helping disadvantaged populations, and achieving equal treatment should guide COVID-19 vaccine distribution, supporting initial allocation to health care workers, people in high-risk occupations and housing, and those with high-risk medical conditions.
ISSN:0098-7484
1538-3598
DOI:10.1001/jama.2020.18513