Who Should Get Vaccinated First?

In the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccine scarcity has forced healthcare specialists to decide who should be vaccinated first. Most governments have agreed that there are two priority groups: the elderly in long-term centers who have the highest mortality and essential workers in healthcare, grocery stores, and factories who have a high combined morbidity and mortality. From a utilitarian perspective, the greatest happiness can be achieved for the greatest number by prioritizing the vaccination of this younger group of essential workers whose loss of life and health over their lifespan has more…