Our outputs include rapid research reviews, commentaries and policy guidance, as well as commissioned research, consultation responses and stakeholder engagement. A selection of recent UK Pandemic Ethics Accelerator outputs follow.
The Accelerator offers a diversity of intellectual views and analysis. All branded outputs have been peer reviewed before publication.
The questions we should be asking about vaccine passports
Cian O’Donovan’s blog ‘The questions we should be asking about vaccine passports’ was published by Research Fortnight and Research Europe on 11 March. This article discusses the need for inter- and transdisciplinary evaluation of vaccine passport infrastructures. It argues that...
View contentlaunchIs it irrational not to have a plan? Should there have been national guidance on rationing in the NHS?
Dominic Wilkinson and Jonathan Pugh published a blog in The Journal of Medical Ethics on 2 March entitled ‘Is it irrational not to have a plan? Should there have been national guidance on rationing in the NHS?’ If it becomes...
View contentlaunchCould COVID ‘vaccine certificates’ lead to discrimination?
Dominic Wilkinson discussed vaccine passports with Al Jazeera on 25 February.
View contentlaunchSelf-experimentation with vaccines
Jonathan Pugh, Dominic Wilkinson and Julian Savulescu authored the article ‘Self-experimentation with vaccines’ for the Journal of Medical Ethics blog. Regulators have taken an increasing interest in self-experimentation in the context of bio-hacking given the potential risks it may pose...
View contentlaunchVaccine passport perspectives
Sarah Chan and Dominic Wilkinson shared their perspectives on vaccine passports on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme on 20 February.
View contentExperts unconvinced by Lord Sumption’s lockdown ethics
John Coggon was quoted in The Guardian article ‘Experts unconvinced by Lord Sumption’s lockdown ethics – Archie Bland’ on 19 January. John Coggon questions Lord Sumptions’s view that “quality-adjusted life-years” (QALYs), a measure often used in medical ethics to help...
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