Cure presents conundrum

The prospect of a vaccine against COVID-19 raises our hopes for a recovery from the hardships and inconveniences of living with a pandemic. However, it also presents us with some ethical questions worth careful thought. Let me mention just two.

Father's fable raises ethics of allocation

In the last few days the Italian media have paid a lot of attention to a story about a 72 year old Italian priest who died earlier this month from the COVID-19 virus in a hospital in Bergamo.