QUARANTINE

Should we sacrifice older people to save the economy?

Xavier Symons | 28 March 2020 | Comments

tags: coronavirus, isolation, pandemics, quarantine, us

A senior republican politician is ready to sacrifice himself.

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Coronavirus and the ethics of home isolation

Xavier Symons | 21 March 2020 | Comments

tags: coronavirus, isolation, pandemics, quarantine

Staying at home can be ethically complicated.

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Coronavirus has killed 1500. But are quarantines the answer to stopping the epidemic?

Michael Cook | 16 February 2020 | Comments

tags: coronavirus, quarantine

Travel bans appear to be ineffective, study shows

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The world’s most controversial bike-ride

Xavier Symons | 02 November 2014 | Comments

tags: Ebola, public health, quarantine

An American nurse recently returned from Liberia has vowed to defy government quarantine measures as authorities seek legal authority to forcibly isolate her.

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Should all Ebola volunteers be quarantined?

Michael Cook | 25 October 2014 | Comments

tags: Ebola, quarantine

Hundreds of foreign healthcare workers have been shuttling in and out of Ebola-affected countries in West Africa.

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What do we do when biohazards are human?

Xavier Symons | 18 October 2014 | Comments

tags: Ebola, quarantine

Bioethicists are debating the ethics of quarantine as governments around the world move to contain the spread of Ebola.