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Good Ethics Begin With Good Facts—Vaccination Sensitive Strategies for Scarce Resource Allocation Are Impractical as Well as Unethical

Anuj B. Mehtaa Denver Health Medical CenterORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8993-6803View further author information
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Matthew K. Wyniab University of Colorado Center for Bioethics and HumanitiesCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 83-86 | Published online: 24 Jun 2024

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