# Article: Would It Be Fair to Treat Vaccinated Covid Patients First?

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**Category:** The Quarantine Zone\
**Tags:** covid-quarantine\
**Created:** [August 24, 2021, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/article-would-it-be-fair-to-treat-vaccinated-covid-patients-first/949415 "2021-08-24T04:24:04Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/article-would-it-be-fair-to-treat-vaccinated-covid-patients-first/949415/102 "2021-09-08T02:03:33Z")

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> [@Coronavirus COVID-19 (2019-nCoV) Thread - 2021 Breaking News](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/2450):
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> More evidence: Idaho has started rationing health care to those most likely to survive. The move allows hospitals to allot scarce resources like intensive care unit rooms to patients most likely to survive. Other patients will still receive care, but they may be placed in hospital classrooms or conference rooms rather than traditional hospital rooms or go without some life-saving medical equipment.

I think this would be a situation in which vaccinated people may sometimes be treated first/better, etc. Would the doctors determine that a vaccinated person be most likely survive?

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