Does vaccine ageism amount to gerontocide?

Lancet. 2021 Sep 11;398(10304):952-953. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01689-5. Epub 2021 Aug 12.

Authors

Peter Lloyd-Sherlock¹, Gideon Lasco², Martin McKee³, Arokiasamy Perianayagam⁴, Lucas Sempé⁵

Affiliations

¹ School of Development Studies, University of East Anglia, Norwich, Norfolk NR4 7TJ, UK. Electronic address: p.lloyd-sherlock@uea.ac.uk.
² Department of Anthropology, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines.
³ London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
⁴ International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, India.
⁵ School of Development Studies, University of East Anglia, Norwich, Norfolk NR4 7TJ, UK.

PMID: 34390657
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01689-5

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Ageism* / psychology
Ageism* / trends
COVID-19 Vaccines / administration & dosage*
Genocide* / psychology
Genocide* / statistics & numerical data
Global Health
Health Priorities / ethics*
Humans
Intergenerational Relations
Prejudice

Substances

COVID-19 Vaccines