The ethics of prioritising Covid-19 vaccination

The goal is to save more lives, which should be our overriding concern.

Now that Covid-19 vaccines are being rolled out, policymakers are wrestling with the question of how to distribute them quickly and equitably. There has been wide agreement that health workers should be vaccinated first, because they are needed to save the lives of those who are ill because of the virus. But deciding who should come next has spurred considerable debate.