Bioethics Question 3

Rec 3

Lottery for "equal" patients - for patients with similar prognoses, equity should be invoked and operationalized through random allocation (not first come, first serve) Justification - the lottery system would take out bias and privilege

Rec 1

Maximize Lives saved - Priority for limited resources should aim at saving the most lives and at maximizing improvements in individual's post-treatment of length of life. people who are sick could recover are treated and are given priority over those who are unlikely to recover Justification - resources are not wasted on people who have low chances of success with treatment

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Maximize net benefit- life saving resources should go to front-line health care workers first, because they are essential in keeping health care facilities working Justification - health care workers are essential in keeping people well.

Rec 5

People who participate in research to prove safety of effectiveness of vaccines and therapeutics should receive some priority for Covid- 19 interventions Justification - these people who helped with research helped in the overall success of treatments for all, so they should have some priority because they were useful to the overall success of treatments

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Prioritization guidelines should differ by intervention and should respond to changing scientific evidence Justification - EX. younger patients should not receive a Covid vaccine because science proves older people need the vaccine more because they have a higher mortality rate to covid.

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There should be no difference in allocating resources for people with Covid -19 compared to people with other life threatening illnesses Justification - this does not take away priority for patients who have just as serious life threatening illnesses