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health care workers stand in line for vaccine distribution in New York in January, 2021

health care workers stand in line for vaccine distribution in New York in January, 2021

California's Vaccine Sites Don't all Require Proof of Eligibility, Leaving Room for Line Jumpers

Charles Binkley, director of bioethics, quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle.

“I do think the honor system is a reasonable way to do this,” Binkley said. “You’re always going to have bad players who are going to try to game the system, jump in line. We learned that in kindergarten. So to create a system to keep them out strikes me as wasting a lot of resources and energy that could be better spent making sure the vulnerable are able to get the access they need."

Charles Binkley, director of bioethics, quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle.

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