I am a college student, and I recently learned that my city can vaccinate anyone on the Department of Health website if there is a surplus of vaccines. We are still in the first phase of vaccination, but I can theoretically get an appointment if I have to visit the vaccination website frequently.
I am a healthy, young person who is not necessarily working or at risk, should I wait to get vaccinated in the hope that a person at higher risk or more in need can find a place? Or should I just keep looking at that website and take it immediately after the dose appears? Am I taking someone else’s place, or am I? Ben, Montana
With anything destructive – Whether it’s a head of lettuce or a defrosted carton of the Covid-19 vaccine – you may have more and more waste in the midst of an overall shortage. The minimum Pfizer vaccine order is a tray with approximately 1,200 doses; Once the vials begin to melt, they have to be used in five days. As with all authorized vaccines, one vial, once opened, should be used in six hours – Johnson & Johnson’s, it is two hours at room temperature. Each Pfizer vial has six doses. Johnson & Johnson, who has an order of at least 100 doses, puts five doses in one vial; Moderna will soon put 14 doses in each vial.
The point is that vaccines do not come as “loose.” Vaccination sites can miscalculate the number of sign-ups, and even if everything is planned properly, there are sometimes no show-shows. Even if a site has a standby list of eligible recipients, there are still cases where the vaccine will be wasted unless eligibility rules are suspended.
Maybe the question is not whether you are replacing someone else but who you are replacing. I think of a verse that we clearly owe to Charles Bowen, a 19th-century English jurist and philosopher:
Rain, it rains on the righteous
And even on the spread of injustice.
But mainly just because
The unjust steal the umbrella of justice.
In a situation where the expiration of the vaccine dose is given to all incoming people – so that they are simply wasted – you have no reason to think that the dose you choose will go to someone in greater need; If it is associated with justice, the dose can go to people who do not worry so much, assuming it goes to anyone. There will always be a transaction between vaccinating the country quickly and fine-tuning the rollout to reflect each individual’s risk profile. If the sporadic all-commerce approach is the best way to prevent useless doses, it’s not inappropriate, and there’s nothing wrong with you participating in it.
There will always be a transaction between vaccinating the country quickly and fine-tuning the rollout to reflect each individual’s risk profile.
There is another thing to keep in mind. You are very unlikely at your age to get seriously ill with Covid-19, however, you can spread it. In fact, it is not uncommon for people who never show severe symptoms of the disease to become infected. Evidence suggests that once you have been vaccinated, the likelihood of transmission is low, possibly much lower. Just like wearing a mask, then, getting your vaccine helps protect others as well. It is better that one dose goes into your hands than a trash can.
I live in a state that prefers vaccinations to people over the age of 65 and anyone over the age of 16 with a serious health condition. Elsewhere, the rollout has been less than easy: it was noted that last week, when the county announced it had 9,000 appointments available, it received more than 30,000 phone calls simultaneously. There is no “proof of chronic condition” required, and our state has made it clear that it believes in a system of respect for those seeking vaccinations.
I am 44 years old and reasonably healthy. I have been overweight since childhood. In my adult life, I’ve been heavier than I am now, moving right on the border of “overweight” and “obese” (classified as a BMI of 300 or more); I’m around ૨ 29 right now). My state considers anyone classified as “obese” in the priority group for vaccination. Is it ethical for me to define a “chronic condition” and, in principle, to jump ahead of someone else who may be in a higher risk category? The name Rocky
You ask or not You can lie about taking the vaccine fast. My answer is: no. But there is an interesting question that you have not asked. Would it be better to go on a food bait to raise your BMI to 30? In this scenario, you will not do business when you apply for an appointment. Sure, however, you will still abuse the system. Any criteria that can be hacked in this way is definitely problematic for this reason. To be sure, the states that use the BMI threshold (in some it is 30; in others it is 40) are naturally arbitrary. . BMI in linear fashion, starting with just the normal weight. This suggests that keeping yourself at a healthy weight may be a better option than gaining weight.
I have worked in newer farmers markets For many years in York City, but since the epidemic hit, I have moved into a church full-time communications work (generating their new live stream among other things) and putting on the market only one day a week. As a market worker, I am a new character to the covid vaccine. I want to be vaccinated as soon as possible for my own safety and the interests of everyone, but in truth my work and lifestyle enable me to stay completely separate and safe from infection. My obvious advantages – or better to say, features – except for being extremely computer literate, fluent in English and having time to navigate the Byzantine vaccination system, I think I have limited contact as a one-week essential worker. My claim about questionable vaccinations. I want this vaccine to be rotated ethically, and the ideal privilege will not play a role in it. But is eligibility appropriate, simple and easy? Damon, New York
What is important To try to overcome the barriers to vaccination – which has been raised due to lack of access to the Internet or English. Listing churches and other community organizations can help reach the city’s commas and sometimes the number of vaccinated-hesitant people. In fact, your work with the church may be able to help you here. Once a fair system is implemented, however, eligibility is, indeed, eligibility. You are not proposing to use any internal connections to jump the line. You will have the benefits of your skills and insights, but you may not qualify, especially for zip-code restricted FEMA vaccination sites, given the sensitive communities in the city. All this to say that your appreciation for justice does not mean that you should reject the umbrella on.
