Category COVID-19
The coronavirus vaccines are here. Now what?
Maya J. Goldenberg prepares us for the reality that an effective vaccine may stop the pathogen, but it will not establish health.
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.
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.
COVID-19 animal research reveals ethical shortcomings
Andrew Fenton and L. Syd M Johnson outline several ethical issues with nonhuman animal research revealed by COVID-19 research
Impact Ethics 