Balancing Individual Rights, Public Health During a Pandemic

Balancing Individual Rights, Public Health During a Pandemic
Stacy Pigott
While stay-at-home orders are lifting nationwide, quarantine and isolation orders can still be issued due to emergency declarations that remain in effect.
June 10, 2020
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Balancing public health with individual rights can be difficult during a global pandemic, when efforts to stop the spread of disease may infringe upon personal freedoms.Business and LawHealthCollege of LawCollege of PharmacyCollege of Public HealthCOVID-19Media contact:Stacy Pigott
University of Arizona Health Sciences
[e-mail] the latest on the University of Arizona response to the novel coronavirus, visit the university ' s  COVID-19 webpage.For UANews coverage of COVID-19, visit  https://uanews.arizona.edu/news/covid19.Over the last several months, the human response to the COVID-19 pandemic has become a real-time case study for scientists and students in many fields, particularly public health.Stay-at-home, quarantine and isolation orders have highlighted the often-disparate goals of protecting public health and upholding individual rights. Giving proper consideration to both is a balancing act that continues to play out across the U.S. as lawmakers make decisions on when and how quickly businesses can reopen and public social gatherings can resume.At the University of Arizona Health Sciences, assistant professorLeila Barraza teaches...

Source: The University of Arizona: Health - June 10, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: mittank Source Type: research