Open AccessIs There a Bias Toward Unvaccinated COVID-19 Patients?
Author(s) -
Abbas B. Jama,
Anwar Khedr,
Hisham Mushtaq,
Nitesh Jain,
Thoyaja Koritala,
Syed Anjum Khan
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
hca healthcare journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2690-3830
pISSN - 2689-0216
DOI - 10.36518/2689-0216.1392
Subject(s) - covid-19 , implicit bias , psychology , social psychology , positive economics , medicine , economics , virology , pathology , disease , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Description With more than 22% of the United States still not vaccinated for COVID-19, we are trying to shed some light on whether there is any bias when treating unvaccinated COVID-19 patients. We highlight several reports where some individuals or organizations displayed possible bias, whether implicit or explicit. We examine the legal and ethical implications of these biases and offer a general overview of how to tackle them.