Szczepienia przeciw CoViD-19 jako problem sprawiedliwości dystrybutywnej
Vaccinations against CoViD-19 as an issue of a distributive justice
Author(s): Grzegorz LissowskiSubject(s): Politics, Social Sciences, Political Theory, Sociology, Welfare systems, Political behavior, Political psychology, Politics and law, Politics and communication, Politics and society, Health and medicine and law, Welfare services
Published by: Wydział Socjologii Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: vaccinations against COVID-19; zero-one allocation; point system; National Vaccination Program
Summary/Abstract: The distribution of COVID-19 vaccines is one of the so-called local justice problems,the purpose of which is to solve practical problems of allocating goods or burdens in specific situations. Vaccine distribution can be presented as zero-one allocation. The method of its determination can be a point system. The problem of the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines is distinguished by the fact that it has two dimensions: individual and social. The individual dimension consists in providing a person with a certain level of immunity to infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus or at least a milder course of the disease caused by it. The social dimension consists in creating an appropriate level of herd immunity that reduces the possibility of contracting this virus. A simplified vaccination model, a priority relation established in the National Vaccination Program and a hypothetical point system that determines such a priority relation, will be presented.
Journal: Studia Socjologiczno-Polityczne. Seria Nowa
- Issue Year: 15/2021
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 115-128
- Page Count: 14
- Language: Polish
