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Lawyers address what we can do and what we must do in vaccine rollout
Hospital counsel, state advisors, congregate care advocates and university leaders believe that public health ethics must drive the next steps in vaccine distribution and not the constraints of the law.
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A host of legal experts advised their peers to be guided by ethics, not the constraints of the law, in this next wave of vaccine distribution, in a timely presentation titled “Legal Issues in Covid-19 Distribution” webcast to viewers across the country.
In a myth-busting and wide-ranging two-and-a-half hour discussion sponsored by the New York City Bar, health law experts from academia, government, health care institutions and nonprofit advocacy groups representing vulnerable populations explored the potential legal limits on an equitable vaccine rollout, concluding we need to remain creative and listen to the most impacted stakeholders as we fight this pandemic.