by Craig Klugman, Ph.D In the last few weeks, you may have heard from central and left-leaning media that Scott Atlas, a radiologist who appears to be leading White House COVID policy, has managed to make “herd immunity” the official federal response to COVID-19. If you prefer right-leaning media, then you may have heard of the Great Barrington Declaration, an international document led by three scientists that urges against lock downs, quarantine, and isolation, and instead suggests letting young people get COVID to help build herd immunity.…
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by Carlo Bellieni, MD During the COVID-19 pandemic, end-of-life decision criteria for dying patients were the focus of much discussion he course of the disease has led to the overload of ICU services in many places around the world, and those presenting to ICU with COVID-19 are the most severe cases and much more likely to die in ICU. Many discussions have been carried on about when withholding intensive care to people with severe COVID19 infections, and in particular which patients would receive the access to cures in the case of lack of sufficient tools for life-support. …
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"Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, has agreed to plead guilty to three federal criminal charges for its role in creating the nation's opioid crisis and will pay more than $8 billion and close down the company." What harm has already been done?
http://ow.ly/fO9y50C1RtF
"With all of the tumult surrounding the coronavirus, few people likely noticed that three important figures in bioethics recently died within a month of one another. But us, the deaths of Renée Fox, Charles Bosk, and David Rothman were a major loss."
http://ow.ly/k3dD50BVDau
"It is our #ethical responsibility as scientists & clinicians to assess & monitor suicidal ideations within our studies in all participants."
#webinarcountdown Read more from Kollmann et al.'s OPC about monitoring suicidal ideations here:
http://ow.ly/9hXy50BSMa5
"The issue of physician burnout pervades not just medical training but also the years after...this chronic erosion of empathy has resulted in the attitude that apathy is not just tolerated but, in some cases, even justified." Here, empathy is crucial.
http://ow.ly/1aWE50BVD6P
New OPC call posted!
*Special Issue: Ethics, Medicine, & Racism*
Proposals due 11/6
Head to http://editorial.bioethics.net to read the articles from Ruqaiijah Yearby, Clarence H. Braddock III, & Zamina Mithani et al.
@ruqaiijah @cbrad3md @zamina_mithani @JWesleyBoydMD @JaneKCooper
