4 Years into the COVID-19 Pandemic: Where We Stand
By declaring the pandemic over by fiat, the government is giving up the fight when they should be redoubling their efforts.
Quarantine
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Read more: The Unfurling Crisis of Unfunded Isolation, Testing, and Treatment of Infectious Disease in the US The Unfurling Crisis of Unfunded Isolation, Testing, and Treatment of Infectious Disease in the US
Infection in this country can force people into (or deeper into) a viral underclass.
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Read more: Amending the Public Health Service Act to Encourage CDC Action to Stop COVID-19 Amending the Public Health Service Act to Encourage CDC Action to Stop COVID-19
The CDC already has all the power it needs to limit the movement of people in order to slow the spread of COVID-19.
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Read more: Reopening the Country During COVID-19: Legal and Policy Issues Reopening the Country During COVID-19: Legal and Policy Issues
There is a pressing need for a set of principles to guide not just the imposing of COVID-type restrictions, but also relaxing or lifting them.
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Read more: Old and New Ways of Coping with COVID-19: Ethics Matters (Part II) Old and New Ways of Coping with COVID-19: Ethics Matters (Part II)
By Leslie Francis and Margaret Pabst Battin This post is part II of a two-part series on pandemic control strategies in response to COVID-19. New testing methods may allow us to avoid many of the inequities and injustices of the traditional methods of pandemic control, if we can deploy them quickly enough.
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Read more: Old and New Ways of Coping with COVID-19: Ethics Matters (Part I) Old and New Ways of Coping with COVID-19: Ethics Matters (Part I)
Your life and the lives of many others may depend now on isolation, quarantine, cordon sanitaire, shelter in place, or physical distancing.
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Read more: 12/10/14 – Going Viral: Ebola and the Media 12/10/14 – Going Viral: Ebola and the Media
An upcoming event from our colleagues at the NYU Division of Medical Ethics – Going Viral – Ebola and the Media: Contagion, Quarantine, and Patient Care Wednesday, December 10th, 6 PM – 8 PM 20 Cooper Square, 7th Floor New York, NY 10003
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Read more: Will the Real Evidence-Based Ebola Policy Please Stand Up? Seven Takeaways From Maine DHHS v. Hickox Will the Real Evidence-Based Ebola Policy Please Stand Up? Seven Takeaways From Maine DHHS v. Hickox
By Michelle Meyer The case I mentioned in my last post, Maine Department of Health and Human Services v. Kaci Hickox is no more. Hickox and public health officials agreed to stipulate to a final court order imposing on Hickox the terms that the court had imposed on her in an earlier, temporary order. Until…
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Read more: More on the Maine Ebola Order More on the Maine Ebola Order
By Nicolas Terry Today’s order from Chief Judge LaVerdiere is available here. It removes restrictions on Kaci Hickox’s movements and essentially orders her to comply with the latest CDC guidelines that she was already following on a voluntary basis. According to this report the state troopers that had been posted outside her house have left. Two paragraphs…
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Read more: Courts as Ebola Educators Courts as Ebola Educators
By Scott Burris News in this afternoon is that a Maine state judge has lifted the quarantine order on nurse Kaci Hickox, saying that she “currently does not show symptoms of Ebola and is therefore not infectious.” The ruling conforms to the best available scientific evidence and CDC recommendations. It also shows the importance of judicial review…