Ethics, public health and technology responses to COVID‐19

The COVID‐19 pandemic has infected millions around the world. Governments initially responded by requiring businesses to close and citizens to self‐isolate, as well as funding vaccine research and implementing a range of technologies to monitor and limit the spread of the disease. This article consi...

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Autores principales: Miller, Seumas, Smith, Marcus
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
Materias:
Covid‐19
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8014507/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33594709
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bioe.12856
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description The COVID‐19 pandemic has infected millions around the world. Governments initially responded by requiring businesses to close and citizens to self‐isolate, as well as funding vaccine research and implementing a range of technologies to monitor and limit the spread of the disease. This article considers the use of smartphone metadata and Bluetooth applications for public health surveillance purposes in relation to COVID‐19. It undertakes ethical analysis of these measures, particularly in relation to collective moral responsibility, considering whether citizens ought, or should be compelled, to comply with government measures.
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spelling pubmed-80145072021-04-01 Ethics, public health and technology responses to COVID‐19 Miller, Seumas Smith, Marcus Bioethics Covid‐19 The COVID‐19 pandemic has infected millions around the world. Governments initially responded by requiring businesses to close and citizens to self‐isolate, as well as funding vaccine research and implementing a range of technologies to monitor and limit the spread of the disease. This article considers the use of smartphone metadata and Bluetooth applications for public health surveillance purposes in relation to COVID‐19. It undertakes ethical analysis of these measures, particularly in relation to collective moral responsibility, considering whether citizens ought, or should be compelled, to comply with government measures. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021-02-17 2021-05 /pmc/articles/PMC8014507/ /pubmed/33594709 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bioe.12856 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Bioethics published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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