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Covid-19 elimination debate
Covid-19 elimination: should we force our young to sacrifice their freedoms so the older generation can live a bit longer?
BMJ 2020; 371 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m3880 (Published 06 October 2020) Cite this as: BMJ 2020;371:m3880
- Aodhan S Breathnach, consultant medical microbiologist
- St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London SW17 0QT, UK
- aodhan.breathnach{at}stgeorges.nhs.uk
The debate about the control and possible elimination of covid-19 has focused on costs and harms versus benefits and has tended to overlook ethical questions about who benefits and who pays. The benefits of control …
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