Injured Athletes, Sports Leaders Face Ethical Issues Amid Pandemic
[...] for bioethicists, there’s a dangerous ripple effect when high-profile, non-essential surgeries take place during a pandemic.
“We have a message that we're all in it together, sink or swim together,” said I. Glenn Cohen, a Harvard Law School professor who’s an expert in health law and bioethics. “And when we see people who are not sinking or swimming together, but swimming to the top, it's very disheartening and really erodes some of that solidarity.”
Cohen also noted that it highlights inequities in the American health care system. Professional athletes can draw even more attention to those inequities. That happened when NBA players gained quick and easy access to coronavirus tests when most people had to wait. [...]