Vaccine Distribution When Demand Far Exceeds Supply

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🗓️ 18 December 2020

⏱️ 16 minutes

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What's the libertarian answer to distributing a vaccine against a deadly disease when supply is so low relative to the demand? Michael Cannon makes his case.

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0:53.4	As the COVID-19 pandemic moves forward,
0:55.8	who gets the brand spanking new vaccines first?
0:59.8	Is that distribution fair, equitable,
1:02.2	or motivated by politics.
1:04.2	And is there a uniquely libertarian solution?
1:07.4	Cato's Michael Cannon says, no, there isn't.
1:10.9	Now that those are online, the demand for these vaccines is going to be tremendous.
1:15.6	It's going to far outstrip the supply for months if not years and the question arises how are we going to distribute these vaccines?
1:26.5	The usual answer is pretty straightforward and simple in times of crisis even when you've got a extremely scarce commodity in an emergency situation
1:36.8	like bottled water after a hurricane.
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