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Last Updated: Dec 30, 2020 1:43 PM
The Province has released an ethical framework outlining how they are making decisions during the Covid-19 vaccination rollout.
Equity, Fairness, Public Trust, Minimizing Harm and Maximising Benefits all top the lists of concerns.
Dr. Maxwell Smith, a bioethicist with the Vaccine Distribution Task Force, says the framework is necessary so everyone understands how decisions are being reached.
“And so by making this ethical framework public at this point – it’s still December of 2020 – we are putting the principle of transparency into action by explaining the key values and considerations that will guide vaccine distribution decisions,” he said,