Tag Archives: pandemics
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.
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.
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.
Vulnerabilities in the Late Stages of the Pandemic
Daniel Lucas points out a potential omission bias in the politics of the continuing COVID-19 pandemic and outlines why it may be a threat to vulnerable groups and persons.
Impact Ethics 