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Pathogens and Humans
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WHO-China Report on Covid: Important Step Forward, More to Be Done
Read the PostBioethics Forum EssayThe World Health Organization recently released a long-anticipated report on SARS-CoV-2 origins, based on 28 days of field research and site visits in China conducted jointly by 17 international and WHO experts and 17 Chinese counterparts. The report assessed possible pathways for the transmission o...Read the Post - Bioethics Forum Essay
Resisting Public Health Measures, Then and Now
Read the PostBioethics Forum EssayOne of the most surprising aspects of the Covid-19 pandemic for those of us who teach the history of public health is how unwilling many Americans have been to adopt health measures to protect others. Over the Thanksgiving holiday, tens of millions of Americans traveled, despite the fact that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urged them to stay home and the overall death rate from the coronavirus is approaching 300,000. Should recent events make us revisit aspects of the history of public health? And how can these stories inform future public health efforts during pandemics?Read the Post - Bioethics Forum Essay
Social-Change Games Can Help Us Understand the Public Health Choices We Face
Read the PostBioethics Forum EssayBefore there was the Covid-19 pandemic, there was Pandemic. This tabletop game, in which players collaborate to fight disease outbreaks, debuted in 2007. Expansions feature weaponized pathogens, historic pandemics, zoonotic diseases, and vaccine development races. Game mechanics modelled on pandemic vectors provide multiple narratives: battle, quest, detection, discovery. There is satisfaction in playing “against” disease–and winning. Real pandemic is not as tidy as a game. But can games support understanding about the societal challenges we now face? Yes.Read the Post - Bioethics Forum Essay
Cracks in the System: Lessons Learned from the Covid-19 Pandemic
Read the PostBioethics Forum EssayThe United States leads the world in coronavirus cases and deaths. Although many people have called out the inadequacies of our health care system, Covid-19 has exposed the most significant shortcomings. The need for change can no longer be ignored. Here are three lessons from this pandemic that should be leveraged for change.Read the Post - Bioethics Forum Essay
Measure Twice and Cut Once: The Value of Health Care Ethicists in the Pandemic
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Beyond the Covid Crisis—A New Social Contract with Public Health
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Please Don’t (Need to) Use My Work
Read the PostBioethics Forum EssayI helped develop guidelines for the ethical allocation of scarce resources during a public health emergency, such as a pandemic..I hope my contributions have an impact. I especially hope to see my work used since it emphasizes the perspectives of minority and underserved communities, who tend to have less voice in health policy. But now I find myself dreading the use of my work.Read the Post - Bioethics Forum Essay
Crowdfunding for Covid-Related Needs: Unfair and Inadequate
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COVID-19 and the Global Ethics Freefall
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