Author Archives: impact ethics
Genetic Discrimination: Provincial & Territorial Laws Needed
Leah Hutt and Elaine Gibson propose that Federal legislation is insufficient to fully protect the genetic information of Canadians, so provinces and territories must enact laws and regulations within their jurisdictions that can help to ensure further protection for all Canadians from genetic discrimination.
Failure to combat COVID-19 can have economic consequences, too
Maxwell J. Smith argues that choosing to keep businesses and schools open to prevent economic deprivation could have negative economic consequences in the future, and perhaps on even more adverse terms than at present.
Heritable Human Genome Editing? It May Never Be Safe
Katie Hasson recounts the recent failures to edit the human genome.
COVID-19 Exposes Health Disparities
Ramseyer Apau Bediako and Rachael Amoah argue that if we continue to fail to address race-related healthcare disparities and inequalities, then we deliberately deny Black people, Indigenous people, and people of colour the best possible health outcomes.
Health risks of Chloroquine use for COVID-19 in Brazil
Fernando Hellmann argues that the Brazilian Ministry of Health Guidelines for early drug treatment of patients diagnosed with COVID-19 is not based on scientific criteria and puts the health of Brazilians at risk.
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