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Fox 59 Interviews Professor Orenstein about COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery
11/06/2020
State health officials say the federal government has advised them to be prepared for delivery of a COVID-19 vaccine as early as mid-November.
In an interview on November 4, Daniel G. Orenstein, Visiting Assistant Professor of Law at IU McKinney, told WXIN-Fox-59 that who gets the first doses will come down to who needs the vaccine the most, likely starting with health care workers and those at high risk for other reasons. He served on a statewide ethical advisory board to help answer tough questions about who should get the vaccine when it becomes available.
“Ultimately this comes down to who we think needs to have it first to protect the rest of the community and after that who is at highest risk,” Professor Orenstein said. “This is about trying to be just and fair to everyone and trying to make sure the best use of limited resources.”
Professor Orenstein’s general research interests are in health and public health law, policy and ethics. His research has included issues of emergency preparedness and response, vaccine policy and public health aspects of cannabis law.
