For instance, in December 2020, at the end of the year of COVID and BLM, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released its initial recommendations on vaccine prioritizations. It identified three competing priority groups (essential workers, the over sixty-fives, and adults with underlying conditions). It then identified three ethical principles to decide who to prioritize among these groups. The three ethical principles included “Promote justice” and “Mitigate health inequities.” And here the CDC encountered a serious ethical problem. Because racial and ethnic minority groups
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