Annals of internal medicine
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Few treatments exist for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). ⋯ U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration Office of Research and Development, Health Services Research and Development Service, and Evidence Synthesis Program.
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There currently is debate regarding whether U. S. institutions and clinicians may or should restrict patient access to COVID-19 drugs and vaccines that have been granted emergency use authorization by the U. ⋯ Food and Drug Administration. The authors provide their views on the legal, ethical, and clinical ramifications of such restriction.