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COVID-19 and the ethical imperative of preparedness
24 Feb 2020 by Katharine Wright
So what relevance has our report to the enormous challenges being posed to health systems and governments the world over by COVID-19? Unsurprisingly, quite a lot.
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COVID-19: public health, public trust and public support
27 Feb 2020 by Hugh Whittall
A brief analysis of what the Government is doing now to contain COVID-19, the possible restrictive measures that they might take to prevent and control the spread, why these might be justified, and why it is important that the Government sets out publicly – and early - the case for implementing such restrictive approaches.
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Beyond liberty: social values and public health ethics in responses to COVID-19
26 Mar 2020 by John Coggon
Legal and policy responses to COVID-19 rest on and express the balance of different basic values and principles. Earlier and current regulatory approaches bring into sharp relief how liberty must be understood and weighed against other values. This is for the sake of liberty itself, but crucially too for other compelling aspects of social justice.
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Hard choices at the frontline
27 Mar 2020 by Dave Archard
At some point in this terrible pandemic doctors will have to make some unbelievably difficult life and death decisions. It is the point at which the demand for the intensive life saving resources outstrips their supply. At that point doctors will have to decide who receives care and who does not. No one should have to make such decisions, and yet they will have to be made.
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Liberty, solidarity and the biopolitics of COVID-19
01 Apr 2020 by Peter Mills
Two weeks ago, I came down with a respiratory infection that produced a high fever and a persistent, dry cough. Following the current official guidance, I went into isolation and my family entered quarantine...
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Viral information overload: persuading people to act during a pandemic requires a better understanding of human motivations
02 Apr 2020 by Melanie Challenger