Booster Dose of COVID 19 and Ethical Issues

Authors

  • Adeela Shahid Department of Physiology, Shalamar Medical and Dental College, Lahore, Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53685/jshmdc.v2i2.82

Abstract

COVID 19 is a recent and global pandemic. Preventive medicine is not very popular in Pakistan. With the limited resources, an average Pakistani would spend on a medical treatment rather than on a preventive drug. In Pakistan, booster shots are recently made available only to those who can pay for the cost of the vaccine. A Utilitarian approach has been adopted at various levels since the pandemic emerged by health care organizations and the government. The purpose was to maximize the benefits and minimize the risk of harm. It is the need of the hour to think about health equity and justice in a pluralistic way and refrain from initiating booster shots for elite of a resource-poor country. This pandemic will never end if a maximum number of people are not vaccinated in each country. This is only possible if there is an equitable distribution of vaccines.

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Published

12/30/2021

How to Cite

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Shahid A. Booster Dose of COVID 19 and Ethical Issues. J Shalamar Med Dent Coll [Internet]. 2021 Dec. 30 [cited 2024 Apr. 18];2(2):54-5. Available from: https://journal.smdc.edu.pk/index.php/journal/article/view/82