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cord-338990-vrtzyo2o	Nelson, Sarah E.	COVID-19 and ethics in the ICU	2020-08-25		.txt	text/plain	1227	63	50	This includes an "obligation to provide urgent medical care during disasters … even in the face of greater than usual risks to physicians' own safety, health, or life." Given the large scope of the pandemic and the deadliness of SARS-CoV-2, these statements may not adequately address this ethical quandary. Based on these principles, 6 recommendations have been made for the current outbreak: maximizing benefits including using scarce resources responsibly and saving more lives/years of life, prioritizing COVID-19 resources (i.e., PPE, vaccines) to healthcare workers, invoking equality using random allocation or lottery to distribute resources to those with similar prognoses, thoughtful consideration of resource allocation (e.g., prioritizing older patients, among the most affected by SARS-CoV-2, to receive a vaccine), prioritizing those who have participated in COVID-19-related research, and providing equal resources to those with COVID-19 and those with other medical conditions [9] . Several ethical dilemmas associated with the COVID-19 pandemic affect intensive care physicians.	./cache/cord-338990-vrtzyo2o.txt	./txt/cord-338990-vrtzyo2o.txt