[Daishiman]

No. It is ethical to do that which maximizes life-saving outcomes. Saying that something is an "untested medical intervention" lacks the nuance of saying that some interventions are completely unknown, while others have fairly predictable and understandable effects.

The effects of a single dose were reasonably well understood as well as the impacts on transmission. Reducing transmission is a potentially more relevant goal than individual health outcomes in the grand scheme of things.

[bakuninsbart]

While I agree with you on the overall sentiment, it is very hard to apply sometimes. Here in Germany there were a lot of calls to start handing out Curevac doses. They had a few million ready to go, but we were still awaiting trial data.

Our government decided against the emergency usage in the end, and it was the right decision in hindsight, as it turns out that the vaccine is far less effective than its competitors, and could very well have had similar problems as AZ or Biontech.