Exploring different weightings on equity and aggregate burden in a model of COVID-19 in Melbourne. We found a trade-off in equity of vaccine-induced burden, and total burden. Importantly, there was no trade-off between total burden and equity of disease burden 💉

We considered: total days spent in hospital due to infection, and rare vaccine side effects; how fairly the infection burden shared; and how fairly vaccination burden is shared. The triangle shows possible weightings, much of the literature focuses on aggregate burden.🔬

We look at optimizing public health interventions while prioritizing both equity and clinical burden. Basically “what level of vaccination should you aim for in the different age groups if they have different risk profiles?”🤒😷