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Prioritizing health care workers and first responders for access to the COVID19 vaccine is not unethical, but both fair and effective – an ethical analysis

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13049-021-00886-2

Published Online: 2021-06-04

Published Print: 2021-12

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Authors

Thorsteinsdottir, Bjorg https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4397-728X
Madsen, Bo Enemark
Funding

Funding for this research was provided by:

National Institute on Aging (grant K23 AG051679)
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Article History

Received: 28 April 2021

Accepted: 12 May 2021

First Online: 4 June 2021

Declarations

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: N/A Since this is a commentary without any involvement of research subjects no ethics approval or consent was required.

: Both authors approved of publishing the submitted version.

: Both authors are physicians working in the US where health care workers have been given first priority for vaccine access, we have no other conflicts of interest.

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