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Moral courage

 

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Standing firm for what one believes takes courage. This week we saw an object lesson in courage as leaders of the CDC, cheered on by employees, resigned rather than deny the scientific basis of public health decisions.

 

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What is Pandemic Ethics?

A pandemic is pervasive in scope and touches virtually every human-made system. In this guidance, we focus on ethics in a government’s or an employer’s actions in a pandemic.

Public health ethics addresses the relationship between those governing or administrating and the population or employees they serve. They are best summarized by the Public Health Code of Ethics of the American Public Health Association.

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