Category Science and Technology

Mandating COVID-19 vaccines? Response to nonsense objections

February 16, 2021 · by impact ethics · in Canada, Community, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Law & Policy, Pandemic, Pharmaceuticals, Privacy and Trust, Public Health, Science and Technology, Social Justice, Vaccine, vulnerability

Colleen M. Flood, Bryan Thomas, and Kumanan Wilson rebut Juan Gérvas’s contention that there is insufficient justification for mandating health care worker vaccination against COVID-19.

Global Survey on Ethics in Long Term Care during COVID-19

February 12, 2021 · by impact ethics · in Ask-LTC project, Canada, Community, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Law & Policy, Pandemic, Pharmaceuticals, Privacy and Trust, Public Health, Science and Technology, Social Justice, Vaccine, vulnerability, World Health Organization

Angel Petropanagos, Preet Gandhi, and Nipa Chauhan announce the launch of the Ask-LTC project, which is funded and supported by the WHO Ethics and Governance Unit and invite stakeholders in long term care homes around the world to share the ethical issues they have faced during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mandating COVID-19 Vaccines? Nonsense Proposals

February 9, 2021 · by impact ethics · in Canada, Community, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Law & Policy, Pandemic, Pharmaceuticals, Privacy and Trust, Public Health, Science and Technology, Social Justice, Vaccine, vulnerability

Juan Gérvas points out that we do not have enough data about the prevention of virus transmission to justify mandatory COVID-19 vaccination for health care workers.