Covid-19 issues
Now that most countries are thinking of slowing lifting lockdowns and relaxing social distancing restrictions, the issue of coronavirus 'passports' is emerging as the next...
Should governments issue coronavirus ‘passports’?
A controversial idea amongst the experts Ante-bellum New Orleans had to deal with a disease far more dangerous than Covid-19 – yellow fever. There was...
Twitter storm over Anderson Cooper’s surrogate baby
Famous novelist takes dim view of erasure of women from baby's lifeThis is not exactly an only-in-America story. It’s more an “only amongst the rich,...
Compulsion is necessary to fight Covid-19: Oxford bioethicist
There are three strong ethical reasons for making all three steps of fighting the virus compulsoryLockdown is not only a policy for containing the spread...
BMA’s Covid-19 guidelines attacked
Will they withstand legal challenges? BMA House in London at twilight Godwin’s law, a well-known internet maxim, hold that "as an online discussion grows longer,...
Should faith-based Canadian nursing homes allow euthanasia in the pandemic?
Supporters are lobbying to force nursing homes to host MAiD doctors to ply their trade Social distancing regulations in Canada are leading to tensions over...
My egg donor went to Harvard. And yours?
Ivy League women receive premium compensation A feature in the Harvard Crimson, the university’s undergraduate newspaper, gives a fascinating anecdotal picture of the sperm and...
Covid-19 pandemic could lead to unprecedented increase in deaths of despair
A new study warns of an epidemic of deaths of despair. A new study published by researchers in the US warns that COVID-19 could lead...
Coronavirus quotes, May 9
Dr Anthony Fauci talks about his sleeping habitsDr Anthony Fauci, the scientific face of America’s COVID-19 response, National Geographic A couple of months ago, I...