Abstract
This paper seeks to develop and apply a simple yardstick based on remaining life expectancy to assess whether specific health policies unfairly discriminate against people on the basis of their age. This reveals that the COVID-19 vaccine prioritization policies of several countries have discriminated against older people. Conversely, the exclusion of older people from COVID-19 vaccine testing is shown to be non-discriminatory, as is some degree of age prioritization for limited acute COVID-19 care. Age discrimination in vaccine prioritization is shown to be embedded in wider ageist attitudes in health policy, which give the lives of older people a lower social value than the lives of people at younger ages.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 883-899 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | Journal of Social Issues |
| Volume | 78 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Early online date | 30 Sept 2022 |
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| Publication status | Published - 19 Dec 2022 |
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