Litigation Challenges Prioritization of Race or Ethnicity in Allocating COVID-19 Therapies
Within a few weeks after the New York guidelines were issued, the federal lawsuits commenced.
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Read more: Reflections on Procedural Barriers to Pediatric COVID Vaccine Access Reflections on Procedural Barriers to Pediatric COVID Vaccine Access
Bureaucratic tape is causing delays in distributing these critical vaccines to our youngest children.
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Read more: How to Fairly Allocate Scarce COVID-19 Therapies How to Fairly Allocate Scarce COVID-19 Therapies
The same ethical goals identified for vaccine allocation are also relevant for COVID-19 therapy allocation.
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Read more: Remember the Babies: The Need for Off-Label Pediatric Use of COVID-19 Vaccines Remember the Babies: The Need for Off-Label Pediatric Use of COVID-19 Vaccines
The CDC is failing parents by preventing off-label use of our existing COVID-19 vaccines in the under-five set.
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Read more: Promote Trust, Avoid Fraud: Lessons in Public Health Messaging from the Booster Roll Out Promote Trust, Avoid Fraud: Lessons in Public Health Messaging from the Booster Roll Out
The discrepancy between past booster messaging and the current, broad recommendation has spawned public health communications problems.
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Read more: Causes of COVID Vaccine Hesitancy Causes of COVID Vaccine Hesitancy
COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy is further exacerbated by waves of misinformation promulgated on social media.
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Read more: Decolonizing the Pandemic Treaty Through Vaccine Equity Decolonizing the Pandemic Treaty Through Vaccine Equity
Putting vaccine equity at the center of a pandemic treaty will already be a huge step towards global health’s decolonization.
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Read more: The Pandemic Treaty and Intellectual Property Sharing: Making Vaccine Knowledge a Public Good The Pandemic Treaty and Intellectual Property Sharing: Making Vaccine Knowledge a Public Good
The pandemic has laid bare the lack of regulation for the sharing of intellectual property needed for an effective and equitable response.
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Read more: Promoting Vaccine Equity Promoting Vaccine Equity
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought into sharp relief longstanding equity problems surrounding the allocation of newly developed vaccines.
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Read more: Should Vaccinating Children Off-Label Against COVID-19 Be Universally Prohibited? Should Vaccinating Children Off-Label Against COVID-19 Be Universally Prohibited?
We think that off-label pediatric administration of approved COVID-19 vaccines should be left to individual risk-benefit judgments.