Who Has a Duty to Protect Your Health? The Answer May Surprise You
The sources from which most people get health information provide advice without any obligation at all to individuals who hear and act on it.
COVID-19
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Read more: International Pandemic Lawmaking: Some Perspectives from Behavioral Economics International Pandemic Lawmaking: Some Perspectives from Behavioral Economics
Either through hard or soft law, there is a strong case to be made in favor of designing positive “rewarding” mechanisms to encourage cooperation.
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Read more: Being an Adult in the Face of Omicron Being an Adult in the Face of Omicron
It’s up to each of us to demand accountability and transparency, and to stay informed rather than assume others will act in our best interests.
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Read more: FRAND Terms for Pandemic-essential Intellectual Property Rights FRAND Terms for Pandemic-essential Intellectual Property Rights
The use of fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (“FRAND”) terms in the licensing of intellectual property rights could foster cooperation in pandemics.
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Read more: Limiting Human Rights During Pandemics: Recommendations for Closing Reporting Gaps and Increasing International Oversight Limiting Human Rights During Pandemics: Recommendations for Closing Reporting Gaps and Increasing International Oversight
A pandemic instrument should enhance roles for and communication between regional and global governmental bodies and especially non-governmental actors.
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Read more: The Devil is in the Details with Biden’s Free COVID Testing Plan The Devil is in the Details with Biden’s Free COVID Testing Plan
This policy doesn’t seem to encourage frequent and convenient testing now, which is particularly important as we face the current delta surge.
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Read more: Promote Trust, Avoid Fraud: Lessons in Public Health Messaging from the Booster Roll Out Promote Trust, Avoid Fraud: Lessons in Public Health Messaging from the Booster Roll Out
The discrepancy between past booster messaging and the current, broad recommendation has spawned public health communications problems.
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Read more: Causes of COVID Vaccine Hesitancy Causes of COVID Vaccine Hesitancy
COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy is further exacerbated by waves of misinformation promulgated on social media.
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Read more: Killing Locally or Killing Globally? Inequalities in Framing Cooperation Through Pandemics Killing Locally or Killing Globally? Inequalities in Framing Cooperation Through Pandemics
The international community must avoid entrenching in international law a system indifferent to right-to-health core obligations.
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Read more: Human Rights and Global Responses to the Pandemic in the Age of Hyper-globalization Human Rights and Global Responses to the Pandemic in the Age of Hyper-globalization
The age of hyper-globalization requires global institutions that enable global – collective – responses to contain pandemics worldwide.
