“When a coronavirus vaccine becomes available, who should get it first?

If shortages happen, most of the nation will have no chance to get the initial lots of a vaccine under the C.D.C.’s plan. And as the United States combats a soaring number of coronavirus cases, rising demand for drugs and maybe ventilators is expected. They, too, will need a fair system of distribution.”

Center Director Robert Truog and economists at MIT  are looking into a weighted lottery system for resources like ventilators, remdesivir, or a COVID vaccine. Read the full story by Gina Kolata in The New York Times here.