The ethics of COVID-19 vaccine allocation: Don't forget the trade-offs!

• Verfasst von: März, Julian [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Molnar, Anett [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Holm, Søren [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Schlander, Michael [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: The ethics of COVID-19 vaccine allocation: Don't forget the trade-offs!
• Verf.angabe: Julian W März, Anett Molnar, Søren Holm, Michael Schlander
• E-Jahr: 2022
• Jahr: 25 February 2022
• Umfang: 10 S.
• Fussnoten: Im Titel ist hinter "trade-offs" ein Ausrufezeichen ; Gesehen am 30.01.2024
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: Public health ethics
• Ort Quelle: Oxford : Oxford Univ. Press, 2008
• Jahr Quelle: 2022
• Band/Heft Quelle: 15(2022), 1 vom: Apr., Seite 41-50
• ISSN Quelle: 1754-9981
• DOI: doi:10.1093/phe/phac001
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• K10plus-PPN: 1879513897

Abstract

The issue of COVID-19 vaccine allocation is still highly controversial on the international as well as on the national level (particularly in many low- and middle-income countries), and policy-makers worldwide struggle in striking a fair balance between different ethical principles of vaccine allocation, in particular maximum benefit, reciprocity, social justice and equal respect. Any political decision that implements these principles comes at a cost in terms of loss of lives and of loss of life years that could potentially have been prevented by a different vaccination strategy. This article illustrates these trade-offs using quantitative analysis and shows how this approach can contribute to providing a rational and transparent grounding of political decisions on COVID-19 vaccine allocation.