The arrival of COVID-19 vaccines is about to create a new list of haves and have-nots.
Over the next few months, some Americans will gain the protection conferred by a jab or two in the arm. Others will have no choice but to wait.
Healthcare in the United States has long gone first to those able to pay. But the scarcity of vaccines may upend that formula.
Public health experts and medical ethicists have consistently urged state and local officials to allocate early allotments of vaccine to essential workers, imprisoned populations and people whose weight and poor health behaviors have put them at greater risk of becoming seriously ill with COVID-19. Members of racial and ethnic minorities should also be entitled to priority access as a step toward making up for generations of health disparities, the ethicists say.
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