Bioethics
Accelerating Development of SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines — The Role for Controlled Human Infection Models
2 Jul, 2020 | 08:49h | UTCRelated: Challenge Trials—Could Deliberate Coronavirus Exposure Hasten Vaccine Development? – JAMA AND Opinion: Ethical Guidelines for Deliberately Infecting Volunteers with COVID-19 to Speed Vaccine Development (commentaries on the subject) AND Feasibility, potential value and limitations of establishing a closely monitored challenge model of experimental COVID-19 infection and illness in healthy young adult volunteers – World Health Organization (draft document for public comments) AND Human Challenge Studies to Accelerate Coronavirus Vaccine Licensure – The Journal of Infectious Diseases AND Ethics of controlled human infection to address COVID-19 – Science AND Extraordinary diseases require extraordinary solutions – Vaccine
Opinion: The Moral Imperative to Include Pregnant Women in Clinical Trials of Interventions for COVID-19
2 Jul, 2020 | 08:46h | UTC
The Ethics of COVID-19 Treatment Studies: Too Many are Open, Too Few are Double-masked
2 Jul, 2020 | 08:43h | UTCThe ethics of COVID-19 treatment studies: too many are open, too few are double-masked – CEBM Oxford
The Line is Forming for a COVID-19 Vaccine. Who Should be at the Front?
1 Jul, 2020 | 07:49h | UTCThe line is forming for a COVID-19 vaccine. Who should be at the front? – Science
Editorial: Commercial Influence and Covid-19
25 Jun, 2020 | 08:18h | UTCCommercial influence and covid-19 – The BMJ
Review: Ethics for Surgeons During the COVID-19 Pandemic
23 Jun, 2020 | 08:31h | UTCEthics for surgeons during the COVID-19 pandemic, review article – Annals of Medicine and Surgery
Ethical Dilemmas Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic
19 Jun, 2020 | 09:33h | UTCEthical dilemmas due to the Covid-19 pandemic – Annals of Intensive Care
Research: Vaccination as a Social Contract
17 Jun, 2020 | 02:25h | UTCVaccination as a social contract – Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Opinion: John Ioannidis and Medical Tribalism in the Era of Covid-19
12 Jun, 2020 | 09:21h | UTCOpinion: John Ioannidis and Medical Tribalism in the Era of Covid-19 – Undark
“The critical questions the Stanford professor is raising about Covid-19 have gotten lost amid partisan bickering”
“Ioannidis, right or wrong, has raised difficult questions, in the best tradition of science. Silencing him is an enormous risk to take” say @JeanneLenzer1 & @ShannonBrownlee https://t.co/VCh9fKD5qy pic.twitter.com/tSbzFBHKmq
— Dr Maryanne Demasi, PhD (@MaryanneDemasi) June 11, 2020
Debate: What to Think of Public Health Experts Defending Protests During the Pandemic?
12 Jun, 2020 | 09:19h | UTCOpinion 1: Public-Health Experts Are Not Hypocrites – The Atlantic
“Health is about more than simply remaining free of coronavirus infection.” (from The Atlantic)
“Progressives blithely accepted throwing millions out of work to fight coronavirus – but now urge street protests to fight racism” (from The Guardian)
Reporting of Financial Conflicts of Interest by Canadian Clinical Practice Guideline Producers
11 Jun, 2020 | 09:22h | UTC
Lancet, New England Journal Retract Covid-19 Studies, Including one That Raised Safety Concerns About Malaria Drugs
5 Jun, 2020 | 05:07h | UTCScience: Two elite medical journals retract coronavirus papers over data integrity questions
Challenge Trials—Could Deliberate Coronavirus Exposure Hasten Vaccine Development?
5 Jun, 2020 | 05:01h | UTCChallenge Trials—Could Deliberate Coronavirus Exposure Hasten Vaccine Development? – JAMA
Related: Opinion: Ethical Guidelines for Deliberately Infecting Volunteers with COVID-19 to Speed Vaccine Development (other commentaries on the subject)
Debate: Should Governments Continue Lockdown to Slow the Spread of Covid-19? (Yes—Edward R Melnick vs. No—John PA Ioannidis)
4 Jun, 2020 | 05:05h | UTCHead to Head: Should governments continue lockdown to slow the spread of covid-19? – The BMJ
Perspective: For Seniors, COVID-19 Sets Off A Pandemic Of Despair
29 May, 2020 | 03:23h | UTCFor Seniors, COVID-19 Sets Off A Pandemic Of Despair – Kaiser Health News
Opinion: Ethical Guidelines for Deliberately Infecting Volunteers with COVID-19 to Speed Vaccine Development
29 May, 2020 | 03:19h | UTCEthical guidelines for deliberately infecting volunteers with COVID-19 – Journal of Medical Ethics
Related: Challenge trials can speed development of a Covid-19 vaccine. Planning for them needs to start now – STAT AND AstraZeneca says it may consider exposing vaccine trial participants to virus – Reuters
Ethical Guidelines for COVID-19 Tracing Apps
29 May, 2020 | 03:18h | UTCEthical guidelines for COVID-19 tracing apps – Nature
Study: Financial Ties Between Leaders of Influential US Professional Medical Associations and Industry
28 May, 2020 | 09:37h | UTCEditorial: Financial relations between leaders of US medical societies and industry – The BMJ
Opinion: The ‘Just Stay Home’ Message Will Backfire
26 May, 2020 | 09:33h | UTCThe ‘Just Stay Home’ Message Will Backfire – The Atlantic
“We need less extreme and more nuanced recommendations for navigating life during the pandemic.”
Related Commentary on Twitter
The #JustStayHome Message Will Backfire: We need less extreme and more nuanced recommendations for navigating life during the pandemic, by @ProfEmilyOster https://t.co/qy8TumP1z6 via @TheAtlantic @VPrasadMDMPH #Covid19 #HarmReduction
— André Picard (@picardonhealth) May 24, 2020
Ethics of Controlled Human Infection to Address COVID-19
22 May, 2020 | 04:49h | UTCEthics of controlled human infection to address COVID-19 – Science
Allocating Scarce Resources and Triaging Patients during the COVID-19 Pandemic
13 May, 2020 | 01:55h | UTC
Ethics and Governance for Digital Disease Surveillance
12 May, 2020 | 03:23h | UTCEthics and governance for digital disease surveillance – Science
AGS Position Statement: Resource Allocation Strategies and Age‐Related Considerations in the COVID‐19 Era
7 May, 2020 | 09:24h | UTCNews Release: Position statement addresses difficult issue: allocating scare resources in COVID-19 era – American Geriatrics Society
“Age should never be used as a means for categorically excluding someone from what is ordinarily the standard of care, nor should age “cut-offs” be used in allocation strategies.”
Privileges and Immunity Certification During the COVID-19 Pandemic
7 May, 2020 | 09:13h | UTCPrivileges and Immunity Certification During the COVID-19 Pandemic – JAMA
Related article: The Ethics of COVID-19 Immunity-Based Licenses (“Immunity Passports”) – JAMA
See also: Ethical and Legal Challenges of COVID-19 Immunity Certificates (articles and commentaries on the subject)
Ethical and Legal Challenges of COVID-19 Immunity Certificates
5 May, 2020 | 04:16h | UTCRelated: Covid-19 ‘immunity certificates’: practical and ethical conundrums – STAT AND The Dangerous History of Immunoprivilege – The New York Times AND “COVID-19 ‘Immunity Passports’ and Dystopian Segregation: A Few Concerns” – Bioethics.net