The Import of the UNCRPD and Disability Justice for Pandemic Preparedness and Response
This commentary outlines three of the more important considerations for international pandemic lawmaking with respect to people with disabilities.
Vaccines
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Read more: The Target of Health Justice The Target of Health Justice
Distributing vaccines equitably at the level of geographical units such as districts or nation-states may obfuscate injustices.
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Read more: The Pandemic Treaty and Intellectual Property Sharing: Making Vaccine Knowledge a Public Good The Pandemic Treaty and Intellectual Property Sharing: Making Vaccine Knowledge a Public Good
The pandemic has laid bare the lack of regulation for the sharing of intellectual property needed for an effective and equitable response.
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Read more: Promoting Vaccine Equity Promoting Vaccine Equity
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought into sharp relief longstanding equity problems surrounding the allocation of newly developed vaccines.
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Read more: Déjà Vu All Over Again Déjà Vu All Over Again
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown us time and time again that whatever progress we make in curbing transmission of the virus is fragile and easily reversed.
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Read more: Should the Seasonal Flu Vaccine Be Integrated into COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates? Should the Seasonal Flu Vaccine Be Integrated into COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates?
COVID-19 vaccine mandates could offer a potential foothold to increase vaccination for other communicable diseases, such as the influenza virus.
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Read more: Should Vaccinating Children Off-Label Against COVID-19 Be Universally Prohibited? Should Vaccinating Children Off-Label Against COVID-19 Be Universally Prohibited?
We think that off-label pediatric administration of approved COVID-19 vaccines should be left to individual risk-benefit judgments.
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Read more: Financial Burden of COVID-19 Shifts from Insurance to Patients Financial Burden of COVID-19 Shifts from Insurance to Patients
Attempts to penalize those who become sick with COVID-19 are not out of line with other attempts to punish Americans for their perceived poor health.
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Read more: Using Health Justice to Identify Inequities Experienced by Employees with Disabilities Using Health Justice to Identify Inequities Experienced by Employees with Disabilities
A health justice approach would confront how ableism has influenced the development of reasonable accommodations law.
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Read more: What’s the Law on Vaccine Exemptions? A Religious Liberty Expert Explains What’s the Law on Vaccine Exemptions? A Religious Liberty Expert Explains
The legal basis of Americans’ supposed right to a religious exemption to vaccination is less clear than such policies’ popularity would suggest.