Ethics of Pandemics: Coronavirus and Large Scale Quarantine

by Craig Klugman, Ph.D. The World Health Organization (WHO) has just declared “a public health emergency of international concern” for the coronavirus. The statement means that all countries should take this disease seriously and allows countries to close borders, cancel flights, and screen people in airports, all measures that some countries (such as the U.S.) were already taking. As scientists learn more about this disease and governments respond, China has taken several drastic measures to block the spread of the infection including an unprecedented quarantine of 50 million people.…
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