In their AJoB Commentary, Angela Ballantyne and Agomoni Ganguli-Mitra discuss to what extent the under-representation of minoritised ethnic groups in Covid-19 vaccine research constitutes an injustice.
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The possibility of using immunity certifications as a new way of monitoring and managing the spread of Covid-19 has recently garnered a lot of attention. Agomoni Ganguli-Mitra recently spoke at Nuffield’s ‘Ethical implications of antibody testing and “immunity certification”’ webinar about how such policies might exacerbate existing inequalities. Find out more and watch the webinar (link included) here.
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In her piece for the BMJ, Agomoni Ganguli-Mitra argues that the concept of vulnerability needs to be unpacked in the context of the Covid-19 outbreak. Applying a taxonomy of vulnerability, she discusses how different groups become and are made vulnerable during this worldwide pandemic.
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In our fourth animation, Agomoni Ganguli-Mitra discusses the terms ’emergency’, ‘disasters’, and ‘crisis’, their usage, and their ethical implications.
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In a recent ‘Wellcome Open Research’ open letter, Agomoni Ganguli-Mitra and colleagues highlight how a proposed ‘segmenting and shielding’ approach to easing the UK lockdown may have unintended, harmful public health consequences.
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Nasar Meer explains how counties around the world are using the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak as an reason to prevent refugees from crossing their borders.
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We’re pleased to announce that our piece ‘What does it mean to be made vulnerable in the era of Covid-19?’ has just been published by The Lancet.
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Our project collaborator Yashar Saghai, together with Anneke Sools, has developed a questionnaire about what people envision the post-corona future to look like. They’re looking for participants, so if you’d like to be involved, please read the information in the post and contribute by clicking the in-text link.
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Alexis Paton and Agomoni Ganguli Mitra’s recent article in the Independent discusses how the Covid-19 pandemic and its policy responses can intensify underlying health inequalities.
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Creole (by Pierre Michel Cherry) and French (by Erika Olivaux) translations of Ryoa Chung and Matthew Hunt’s Applied Example on ‘Epistemic Injustice and Humanitarian Action’ are now available!
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