Newsmakers meet New Yorkers as host Brian Lehrer and his guests take on the issues dominating conversation in New York and around the world. This daily program from WNYC Studios cuts through the usual talk radio punditry and brings a smart, humane approach to the day's events and what matters most in local and national politics, our own communities and our lives. WNYC Studios is a listener-supported producer of other leading podcasts including Radiolab, On the Media, Death, Sex & Money, Nancy, and many others.
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The Ethical Morass of Vaccine Eligibility
Since the start of the vaccine rollout, people have been grappling with questions of who deserves to get vaccinated fist, and whether taking the vaccine (if given the opportunity to take one but not technically eligible, or technically eligible but not at high risk) means that you're taking it away from someone who somehow deserves it more. Faith Fletcher, assistant professor in the department of health behavior at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health and a senior advisor to the Hastings Center, a bioethics research institute, talks about the right way to think about these sorts of questions and takes your calls.