I think this might be missing a dimension of fairness considerations:
People who were least at risk (broadly: the young) from COVID-19 were asked to give up socializing & income during the lockdowns for the people who are most at risk.
People who are most at risk (broadly: the old) from COVID-19 get vaccinated first.
Giving people who get vaccinated early an advantage would signal people who were least at risk that they incurred two costs (lockdown & late vaccination) and received no tangible benefits, which might damage future willingness to cooperate.
Oh and the other hand, once the people more at risk have had the opportunity to get vaccinated, then even if the vaccines didn’t appreciably prevent transmission you should still be able to have public health messaging that says people who are least at risk can resume some amount of socializing/working/etc.
I think this might be missing a dimension of fairness considerations:
People who were least at risk (broadly: the young) from COVID-19 were asked to give up socializing & income during the lockdowns for the people who are most at risk.
People who are most at risk (broadly: the old) from COVID-19 get vaccinated first.
Giving people who get vaccinated early an advantage would signal people who were least at risk that they incurred two costs (lockdown & late vaccination) and received no tangible benefits, which might damage future willingness to cooperate.
Oh and the other hand, once the people more at risk have had the opportunity to get vaccinated, then even if the vaccines didn’t appreciably prevent transmission you should still be able to have public health messaging that says people who are least at risk can resume some amount of socializing/working/etc.