Mass vaccination reveals barriers to vaccine equity that exist in society. "Vaccine navigators have a role in improving vaccine equity: the challenge of responding to underlying inequalities that create barriers to health and health care." #bioethics
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What can we do moving forward address disparities from COVID-19? Possibly, "a Covid Commission can help to untangle the scope and role government-sanctioned misinformation played in the U.S. death toll from the pandemic." #bioethics
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How can bioethics help software in medicine? "Bioethicists can help strengthen ethical, legal, and social analyses that identify the questions to create a good mix of both precautionary and permissive regulation." #bioethics
https://www.thehastingscenter.org/regulation-of-software-as-a-medical-device-opportunity-for-bioethics/
A bioethical approach necessitates justice for all populations, especially those most vulnerable. "Nearly 2,800 inmates and guards have died, making correctional facilities among the most significant battlefronts of the pandemic." #bioethics
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@bioethics_net Feb. webinar highlighted @StanfordDaily Experts @DrMonicaPeek @GovindPersad Kathy Kinlaw @EmoryEthics & Dr. Grace Lee @StanfordChild balance #equity and efficiency in aiming for #ethical #vaccine distribution “The issue is so complex”
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