Is It Ethical to Get a Vaccine Before It’s Your Turn?

A bioethicist argues that if the opportunity arises (without cheating the system) for you to get the vaccine early, you should take it

Dana G Smith
Elemental
Published in
4 min readJan 12, 2021

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Illustration: Pablo Delcan

Talk about being in the right place at the right time. Two Washington D.C. men were offered the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine while shopping at a Giant…

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Dana G Smith
Elemental

Health and science writer • PhD in 🧠 • Words in Scientific American, STAT, The Atlantic, The Guardian • Award-winning Covid-19 coverage for Elemental