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The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics

Presents

A Montgomery Lecture

Public Health Pressures and Ethical Tradeoffs in a Pandemic

This session will feature two separate but thematically-linked talks, each examining different examples of the ethics of public health decision-making under the current COVID-19 pandemic.

Expanding Access in a Pandemic: Ethical Tradeoffs With Taking Shortcuts 
This talk will examine different ways to shorten the process of testing vaccines and treatments, and discuss how they compare based on speed of access, physical risks/benefits for individuals, and social risks.
Seema K. Shah, JD 
Associate Professor, Founder’s Board Professor of Medical Ethics
Lurie Children’s Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, 
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Associate Director of Research Ethics, Lurie Children’s Hospital

Mandatory Flu Vaccine for In-Person School Attendance in the COVID-19 Pandemic?
Influenza immunization should be required for children attending in-person school during the COVID-19 pandemic. The main reasons are: the inability to readily separate symptoms of flu versus those of COVID-19, leading to difficulties identifying and isolating those carrying the SARS-COV-2 virus, and the importance of social solidarity for protecting others in the community.
Joel E. Frader, MD, MA
Professor of Pediatrics and Professor of Bioethics and Medical Humanities
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University

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