Should vaccinated people be prioritized for COVID-19 care? Reply to Ramphul

Should vaccinated people be prioritized for COVID-19 care? Reply to Ramphul

Authors

  • Gianluca Montanari Vergallo Sapienza-Università di Roma
  • Maria Cristina Varone
  • Alessandro Del Rio

Keywords:

Covid 19, allocation of resources, vaccination

References

Ramphul K, Lohana P, Lohana A. Vaccination status as a criterion for prioritizing COVID-19 care; ethical or not ethical? Acta Biomed, in press.

Istituto Superiore di Sanità e del Ministero della Salute, Impact of COVID-19 vaccination on the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection and hospitalization and death in Italy (27.12.2020 - 29.08.2021) https://www.iss.it/documents/20126/0/Report+on+vaccine+effectiveness+Italy+fourth+report.pdf/c3f33ccf-b0d6-b76a-682e-186883d9914f?t=1633591116901

Sara Y Tartof, Jeff M Slezak, Heidi Fischer, Vennis Hong, et al., Effectiveness of mRNA BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccine up to 6 months in a large integrated health system in the USA: a retrospective cohort study, Lancet 21 agosto 2021

Montanari Vergallo G, Varone MC, Del Rio A. COVID-19: when health care resources run short, how to pick who should (not) get treated? Acta Biomed. 2021 Sep 2;92(4):e2021372.

Jeffrey DI. Relational ethical approaches to the COVID-19 pandemic. J Med Ethics. 2020;46(8):495-498

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11-05-2022

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Montanari Vergallo G, Varone MC, Del Rio A. Should vaccinated people be prioritized for COVID-19 care? Reply to Ramphul. Acta Biomed [Internet]. 2022 May 11 [cited 2024 Jul. 17];93(2):e2022098. Available from: https://mattioli1885journals.com/index.php/actabiomedica/article/view/12412