Brendan Parent

Assistant Professor of Medical Ethics at NYU Grossman School of Medicine

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Johnson & Johnson says it will ship out nearly 4 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine this week — after the FDA authorized it for emergency use on Saturday.

Ethics around COVID vaccine shopping: Johnson and Johnson, Pfizer or Moderna?

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