Why we should not ‘just use age’ for COVID-19 vaccine prioritisation

Older age is one of the greatest risk factors for severe outcomes from COVID-19. If we believe it is important to use limited supplies of COVID-19 vaccines to protect the most vulnerable and prevent deaths, then available doses should be allocated with significant priority to older adults. Yet, we s...

Full description

Saved in:  
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, Maxwell J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2022
In: Journal of medical ethics
Year: 2022, Volume: 48, Issue: 8, Pages: 538-541
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
Volltext (kostenfrei)

MARC

LEADER 00000naa a22000002c 4500
001 1918653348
003 DE-627
005 20250226153447.0
007 cr uuu---uuuuu
008 250226s2022 xx |||||o 00| ||eng c
024 7 |a 10.1136/medethics-2021-107443  |2 doi 
035 |a (DE-627)1918653348 
035 |a (DE-599)KXP1918653348 
040 |a DE-627  |b ger  |c DE-627  |e rda 
041 |a eng 
084 |a 1  |2 ssgn 
100 1 |a Smith, Maxwell J.  |e VerfasserIn  |0 (orcid)0000-0001-5230-0548  |4 aut 
245 1 0 |a Why we should not ‘just use age’ for COVID-19 vaccine prioritisation 
264 1 |c 2022 
336 |a Text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a Computermedien  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a Online-Ressource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
520 |a Older age is one of the greatest risk factors for severe outcomes from COVID-19. If we believe it is important to use limited supplies of COVID-19 vaccines to protect the most vulnerable and prevent deaths, then available doses should be allocated with significant priority to older adults. Yet, we should resist the conclusion that age should be the sole criterion for COVID-19 vaccine prioritisation or that no younger populations (eg, those under the age of 60) should be prioritised until all older adults have been vaccinated. This article examines arguments that are commonly presented to abandon ‘complex’ vaccine prioritisation schemes in favour of ‘just using age’ (eg, prioritising those 80 years of age and older and then decreasing in a 5-year age bands until the entire population has had the opportunity to be vaccinated), and articulates the ethical reasons why these arguments are not persuasive. 
601 |a COVID-19 
773 0 8 |i Enthalten in  |t Journal of medical ethics  |d London : BMJ Publ., 1975  |g 48(2022), 8, Seite 538-541  |h Online-Ressource  |w (DE-627)323607802  |w (DE-600)2026397-1  |w (DE-576)260773972  |x 1473-4257  |7 nnas 
773 1 8 |g volume:48  |g year:2022  |g number:8  |g pages:538-541 
856 |u https://jme.bmj.com/content/medethics/48/8/538.full.pdf  |x unpaywall  |z Vermutlich kostenfreier Zugang  |h publisher [deprecated] 
856 4 0 |u https://doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2021-107443  |x Resolving-System  |z kostenfrei  |3 Volltext 
856 4 0 |u https://jme.bmj.com/content/48/8/538  |x Verlag  |z kostenfrei  |3 Volltext 
951 |a AR 
ELC |a 1 
ITA |a 1  |t 1 
LOK |0 000 xxxxxcx a22 zn 4500 
LOK |0 001 4673488792 
LOK |0 003 DE-627 
LOK |0 004 1918653348 
LOK |0 005 20250226153447 
LOK |0 008 250226||||||||||||||||ger||||||| 
LOK |0 040   |a DE-Tue135  |c DE-627  |d DE-Tue135 
LOK |0 092   |o n 
LOK |0 852   |a DE-Tue135 
LOK |0 852 1  |9 00 
LOK |0 935   |a ixzs  |a ixzo  |a ixrk 
OAS |a 1 
ORI |a SA-MARC-ixtheoa001.raw