TY - JOUR
T1 - Ethical Dilemmas in Developing a Vaccine to Prevent COVID-19
T2 - The Perspective of Jewish Ethics
AU - Rashi, Tsuriel
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Graduate Theological Union (CTNS Program).
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - In March 2020, the WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic, and there was a worldwide race to find an effective drug and/or vaccine. I present the Jewish ethical approach to two quandaries facing researchers: What is the acceptable degree of risk to the sick and to the healthy volunteers who participate in tests of an experimental vaccine? Is it permissible for a healthy person to volunteer for clinical trials? My conclusions are that a higher degree of risk is permissible in life-threatening situations, and it is right and proper that healthy people may volunteer even it involves exposing themselves to danger.
AB - In March 2020, the WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic, and there was a worldwide race to find an effective drug and/or vaccine. I present the Jewish ethical approach to two quandaries facing researchers: What is the acceptable degree of risk to the sick and to the healthy volunteers who participate in tests of an experimental vaccine? Is it permissible for a healthy person to volunteer for clinical trials? My conclusions are that a higher degree of risk is permissible in life-threatening situations, and it is right and proper that healthy people may volunteer even it involves exposing themselves to danger.
KW - COVID-19
KW - Jewish medical ethics
KW - clinical trials
KW - vaccine
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85139146393&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/14746700.2022.2124479
DO - 10.1080/14746700.2022.2124479
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AN - SCOPUS:85139146393
SN - 1474-6700
VL - 20
SP - 416
EP - 427
JO - Theology and Science
JF - Theology and Science
IS - 4
ER -