A sign inside St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto warns visitors not to visit family or friends if they have had flu-like symptoms.Posted on 09/23/2009 6:34:34 PM PDT by BGHater
Canadians are bullish on giving government officials permission to restrict personal freedoms in a flu pandemic, with half of those surveyed agreeing that violation of a quarantine order would be tantamount to manslaughter.
As well, 90% of Canadians surveyed for a research report in pandemic ethics believe doctors and nurses have an obligation to report to work during a pandemic, provided safety precautions are in place. Almost half -- 48% -- say that health care workers who do not show up for work without a legitimate excuse should be fired or lose their professional licenses.
The survey, conducted for the University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics, is based on a random sample of 500 Canadians surveyed by phone, and nearly 100 more via a series of town hall meetings. The survey was taken between August 2008 to February 2009 -- just before the H1N1 outbreak began in April.
The town halls straddled the start.
Both were designed to inject the public's voice into debates usually left to the experts, and the results come as officials brace for an anticipated second wave of H1N1 flu.
Researchers are warning that the serious ethical challenges that could accompany a pandemic need to be thought through now, while there's still time to respond.
"There's going to be a lot of uncertainty to decision making, even in a mild pandemic," says Dr. Ross Upshur, director of the UofT bioethics centre, which Wednesday released a series of research papers on pandemic ethics.
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They have privileges.
Which is why I moved to the USA.
So how can non existent liberties be suspended?
Funny coincidence ... or not so funny ... but there’s a culturally Indonesian (Kenyan?) socialist in Washington DC who would have no problem with suspending our liberties here.
Goody for them. I, however, am not willing. Not that the geniuses in Washington, D.C. would listen.
I’m willing to run anyone off of my property in a pandemic.
With any means possible!
I GUESS THAT’S WHAT MAKES US AMERICANS, EH?
The second amendment isn’t there to protect us from foreign enemies, it’s there to protect us from our own government.
NYC is the same as MA. Get caught with an unlicensed gun and its strict liability. 2 years in the slammer.
Burris has enough money to actually have a permitted gun.He was just plain stupid.
None of his freedoms were compromised.He was guilty of a crime.
His ‘rights’ was violated. He was on private property.
The Sullivan Act in NYC. Makes a good read.
Private property has nothng to do with it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sullivan_Act
We have different pov’s and will never agree.
So true.
Dunno, I would hope I have the right to shoot myself, or even talk to myself.
That’s just silly, of course we have liberties. No need to get out of hand.
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