During the COVID-19 pandemic, the moral fortitude of doctors and healthcare systems has been tested. Physicians have to make difficult ethical decisions when patients requiring ventilatory support outpaced ventilator supply. Similarly, with the arrival of a vaccine against COVID-19, the question will again arise – Who gets the vaccine first? More than a dozen vaccine candidates are in the race of finding a solution to COVID-19.
A handful of them are in preclinical trials, some in phase I and few in Phase II clinical trials. Globally, more than 4 million people are already infected, and many have died from COVID-19. Even if scientists develop a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine, there will be an initial shortage of vaccines initial availability will not be able to fulfill market demands. In such a situation, the question arises - How to decide who gets vaccinated first, and on what…
