Journal article

How should we conduct pandemic vaccination?

Jane Williams, Chris Degeling, Jodie McVernon, Angus Dawson

VACCINE | ELSEVIER SCI LTD | Published : 2021

Abstract

Vaccination plays an important role in pandemic planning and response. The possibility of developing an effective vaccine for a novel pandemic virus is not assured. However, as we have seen with SARS-CoV-2 vaccine development, with sufficient resources and global focus, successful outcomes can be achieved in a relatively short period. However even when vaccine is available it will initially be scarce. When one becomes available, how should it be distributed? In this paper we explicate how ethical thinking that is carefully attuned to context is essential to decisions about how we should conduct vaccination in a pandemic where demand exceeds supply. We focus on two key issues. First, setting ..

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University of Melbourne Researchers