Can COVID-19 Vaccines Be Global Public Goods?

Authors

Govind C. Persad, University of DenverFollow
Ezekiel J. Emanuel, University of Pennsylvania

Publication Date

7-22-2021

Document Type

Article

Organizational Units

Sturm College of Law

Keywords

COVID, Vaccines, Public health, Bioethics

Abstract

Everyone agrees worldwide access to vaccines, regardless of wealth or geography, is an ethical imperative. The language of global public goods may seem to express this commitment. But describing COVID-19 vaccines as global public goods is inaccurate and counterproductive to achieving the crucial goal of vaccinating everyone in the world.

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Govind Persad & Ezekiel J. Emanuel, Opinion, Can COVID-19 Vaccines Be Global Public Goods?, BMJ Op. (July 22, 2021), https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2021/07/22/can-covid-19-vaccines-be-global-public-goods/.