Posted on 05/10/2020 5:44:42 AM PDT by maggief
Govind Persad is assistant professor at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law. Ezekiel J. Emanuel is chairman of the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at the University of Pennsylvania and a member of Joe Biden’s public health advisory committee.
Countries and companies are considering certifications that a person has contracted and recovered from covid-19, or received a vaccine. Some call these “immunity passports.” Would such programs divide society and stigmatize disfavored groups, exacerbating the inequalities that covid-19 has laid bare? Or might they help repair the tension between the public health imperative to save lives and the individual liberties of those — including the economically vulnerable — who want to travel, gather or return to work?
The ethics of such licenses need to be evaluated against the alternative of enforcing universal public health restrictions for the next 12 to 18 months — until a vaccine returns some kind of normalcy — or abandoning those restrictions and allowing a deadly infection to spread. Both options involve serious harms and inequalities.
In this context, immunity licenses could promote individual liberty and benefit society without invidious discrimination. A fundamental principle of public health is choosing the “least restrictive alternative” — that is, restricting personal freedom only where necessary to achieve crucial public health objectives. People should be given a chance to show they are immune and are safely exempt from restrictions properly applied to those at risk of infection.
...Immunity licenses could enable social and economic activities, such as in-person religious services and cultural events or patronage of nonessential businesses that require close physical contact, reducing the social toll of unemployment.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
License’s are nothing but a TAX.....
“Your papers, please!”
Hahaha! An article in the Bezos Compost, with America’s Dr. Mengele in the byline. Translation: Total Bullsh*t.
A license to be free?
Rahm’s brother: Architect of Obamacare and special adviser to the director-general of the World Health Organization
Why do we need to do this? Recovery is 98%+ !!!
It is nothing but a power and control grab.
You can have your “freedom” back.
Just register with Mr. Gates and Soros over here.
Ditto Beat me.
You can’t ask a job candidate about their criminal record , but you can ask for their shot card. (Remember those?)
The only correct reply to someone who demands to see an “immunity license” is flying lead. This nazi crap needs to be stopped in its tracks.
Will they paint a 666 on your forehead?
Zeke not only advises the WHO and Biden but many Rat Governors.
They will have to show a real ID to get the test and card. Of course many states still don’t have real ID.
H.R.6666 - COVID-19 Testing, Reaching, And Contacting Everyone (TRACE) Act
They are nothing but permission from the government to live your life normally. For quick identification, you will receive a small tattoo on your right hand or forehead.
No papers. Just show your mark of the beast.
“small tattoo”
Nah. It will be an implanted chip and a yellow star armband.
I reject the premise that the Kung Flu requires such draconian measures. I also reject the premise that such restrictions on freedom are permissable under the US constitution.
another version at JAMA Network. only 4 comments - not impressed, it seems:
6 May: JAMA Network: The Ethics of COVID-19 Immunity-Based Licenses (“Immunity Passports”)
by Govind Persad, JD, PhD1; Ezekie J. Emanuel, MD, PhD
Conclusions:
Immunity-based licenses have the potential to help realize important values, including enhancing the liberty of individuals who have been infected with COVID-19 without worsening the situation of those who have not been infected, maximizing benefits to individuals and society by allowing immune people to engage in economic activity, and protecting the least advantaged by allowing safer care for vulnerable populations. Importantly, immunity-based licenses do not violate equal treatment because the factors used to grant a license are not discriminatory, like race or religion, but instead grounded in relevant evidence. While immunity-based licenses require careful implementation and scientific support to be ethical in practice, nothing makes them unethical in principle.
Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Persad reported receiving grants from The Greenwall Foundation. Dr Emanuel reported receiving speaking fees from numerous entities, stock ownership in Nuna, investment partnership in Oak HC/FT, and receipt of grants from Hawaii Medical Service Association and Oscar Health
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2765836
Wikipedia: JAMA The Journal of the American Medical Association
On 11 July 2016, JAMA published an article by Barack Obama entitled, United States Health Care Reform: Progress to Date and Next Steps,[8] which was the first academic paper ever published by a sitting U.S. president. The article was not subject to blind peer-review. It argued for specific policies that future presidents could pursue in order to improve national health care reform implementation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JAMA_(journal)
Govind Persad and Ezekiel J. Emanuel can take a flying leap into a deep cesspool.
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