As the COVID-19 pandemic rapidly progressed in the spring of 2020, several news media outlets, commentators, and public organizations declared that the United States was experiencing a crisis of trust. The United States’ Public Health Code of Ethics states that … Continue reading
The coronavirus pandemic has sparked new fears among fat activists that fat people will be sacrificed in virtue of medical triage protocols used to ration ventilators, ICU beds, and medicine, which are all in critical supply throughout America (hereafter I … Continue reading
The Covid-19 pandemic is currently accompanied by a parallel outbreak of bioethical and clinical ethical discussion offering guidance for the difficult decisions that healthcare professionals and others face as the pandemic develops. Right at the moment there is a strong … Continue reading
We all see things through our lenses, for good or for ill. And when listening to the numbers of civilian casualties in Gaza in U.S. press coverage over the last few days, I kept thinking about the emergency rooms and … Continue reading
