Vaccine hesitancy and anti-vax movements are increasing globally. Covid-19 pandemic has caused and causes emergency situations where available resources do not always meet the need for community care.
In this article, the authors analyse the bioethical and medico-legal implications of the possibility – in conditions of scarcity of resources – of selecting patients who must have access to medical care based on vaccination against Sars-CoV-2.
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