Tag Archives: COVID-19
Resisting “equity lite” in health care, public health, and bioethics
Maxwell J. Smith details our inconsistent commitment to equity during the COVID-19 pandemic and argues that those willing to declare commitments to equity must be held accountable for acting in accordance with that which equity demands.
Into the Unknown: An Ethicist Reflects on COVID-19
Marika Warren compares her expectations going into the pandemic with the actual ethical challenges that arose.
Public Health’s Post-Pandemic Relationship with Coercion
Maxwell J. Smith outlines four areas of ethical inquiry about the use of coercion in public health that we should consider in the post-pandemic era.
What Counts as a COVID-19 Pandemic Success Story?
Chris Kaposy draws lessons from diverging claims of success versus failure in the management of the pandemic in Florida and Canada.
COVID-19 Vaccines: Did Research Exclusion Affect Informed Consent?
Thomas Milovac looks back at the groups initially excluded from COVID-19 vaccine research, such as pregnant and breast-feeding women, and considers whether their exclusion prevented members of these groups from being able to provide informed consent to vaccination.
Impact Ethics 