Jennifer Prah Ruger is the Amartya Sen Professor of Health Equity, Economics and Policy and Founder and Director of the Health Equity and Policy Lab at the University of Pennsylvania. She is former member of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director's Advisory Ethics Subcommittee and former chair of the Ethics Special Primary Interest Group of the American Public Health Association. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely her own.
The White House has rejected the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines for reopening the economy. Many years ago, I served on the CDC Director's Advisory Ethics Subcommittee. In the wake of SARS, anthrax attacks and avian influenza, the subcommittee's ethical guidance for public health emergency preparedness and response was important. Guidance stated that ethics should"inform advance planning and organization of emergency response so as to minimize the number of tragic choices that must be made.
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