2022-Sustainable Industrial Processing Summit
SIPS2022 Volume 15 Yoshikawa Intl. Symp Oxidative Stress of Human Beings
| Editors: | F. Kongoli, H. Inufusa, C. Amatore, H. Chen, W. Huang, H. Goor. |
| Publisher: | Flogen Star OUTREACH |
| Publication Year: | 2022 |
| Pages: | 152 pages |
| ISBN: | 978-1-989820-62-9(CD) |
| ISSN: | 2291-1227 (Metals and Materials Processing in a Clean Environment Series) |
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COVID-19 is also a Bioethical Challenge
Aaron Ciechanover1;1TECHNION-ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Haifa, Israel;
Type of Paper: General Plenary
Id Paper: 521
Topic: 46
Abstract:
COVID-19 pandemic showed that besides important medical aspects at play, the bioethics at the interface between state-of-the-art technology and the sick human patient is equally important. Some of the ethical issues related to the pandemic are analysed in this presentation. They are: (1) treatment priorities, (2) neglected subjects such diseases, climate changes etc…(3) vaccination and its related skepticism and disinformation as well as its availability and affordability, (4) infodemic (misinformation and disinformation) and (5) inequality, discrimination and racism. The proper conclusions are drawn for each aspect of the COVID-19 pandemic.