Queue questions: Ethics of COVID-19 vaccine prioritization

The rapid development of vaccines against COVID-19 represents a huge achievement, and offers hope of ending the global pandemic. At least three COVID-19 vaccines have been approved or are about to be approved for distribution in many countries. However, with very limited initial availability, only a...

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Authors: Giubilini, Alberto (Author) ; Savulescu, Julian 1963- (Author) ; Wilkinson, Dominic (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2021]
In: Bioethics
Year: 2021, Volume: 35, Issue: 4, Pages: 348-355
RelBib Classification:NCH Medical ethics
TK Recent history
Further subjects:B Immunization
B Covid-19
B pandemic ethics
B prioritization
B vaccination ethics
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