Yep, you want to target your interventions where you’ll see the greatest gains relative to no intervention. If you have a miracle cure, you’d focus on those with the lowest untreated odds.
(In the specific case, however, you have to consider whether you’re disincentivizing vaccination by giving better treatment to the unvaccinated.)
I need to refine it a bit, I guess. But isn’t picking your battles a principle in triage?
Yep, you want to target your interventions where you’ll see the greatest gains relative to no intervention. If you have a miracle cure, you’d focus on those with the lowest untreated odds.
(In the specific case, however, you have to consider whether you’re disincentivizing vaccination by giving better treatment to the unvaccinated.)