Open AccessWinners and Losers in the American Political Debates of the Nation’s Health: An Ethical and Moral Dilemma
Author(s) -
Sheila P. Davis
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
online journal of health ethics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1551-4218
DOI - 10.18785/ojhe.1603.02
Subject(s) - politics , dilemma , ethical dilemma , political science , government (linguistics) , pandemic , perspective (graphical) , sociology , covid-19 , law and economics , environmental ethics , law , medicine , epistemology , philosophy , linguistics , disease , pathology , artificial intelligence , computer science , infectious disease (medical specialty)
The third and final issue of the Online Journal of Health Ethics for 2020 presents two poignant articles that are rankled with current health ethics and moral issues as the world races to a resolve for the COVID pandemic. There appears to be no easy, quick-fix solutions to the pandemic that has claimed over 1.11 million lives worldwide in this first wave. The Gellert article addresses his view of the U.S. government’s political response and the Gunn article presents an ethical perspective of the emerging promised vaccine to halt the virus.