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Enabling Ethical Analysis and Public Justification in State-Level Pandemic Responses in the United States

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Principal Investigator

    Anne Barnhill

  • Research Location

    United States of America

  • Lead Research Institution

    Johns Hopkins University

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Research to inform ethical issues

  • Research Subcategory

    Research to inform ethical issues in Governance

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Non-Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Not Applicable

  • Vulnerable Population

    Not applicable

  • Occupations of Interest

    Not applicable

Abstract

During the COVID-19 pandemic, state governments adopted policies that profoundly affected personal and public life, in some cases imposing costs, curtailing freedom and exacerbating inequities. It's often claimed that such high-stakes policy decisions should be ethically assessed, should account for the diverse perspectives and values held by the public, and should be clearly explained and justified to the public. This project aims to improve the frequency and quality of such activities by creating ethics guidance and tools that are fine-tuned to real-world pandemic policy-making contexts.