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Re:Pfizer Covid vaccine approved for use next week in UK by rootusrootus on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @12:07PM (#25278509)
Is that not true of all medicines? There is a net benefit calculation to be made.
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Re:Pfizer Covid vaccine approved for use next week in UK by krona on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @02:35PM (#25280489)
The hippocratic oath doesn't pertain to a doctors effect on an entire society, but to her patient. Utilitarian medical ethics do not apply in any sane society.
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