Living In a Plague: The Ethical Challenges of the COVID 19 Virus

Join us for a presentation about the ethical challenges of the COVID 19 Virus with Dr. Arthur Caplan. 

Dr. Caplan is currently the Drs. William F and Virginia Connolly Mitty Professor and founding head of the Division of Medical Ethics at NYU School of Medicine in New York City and the author or editor of thirty-five books and over 750 papers in peer reviewed journals. His most recent books are Vaccination Ethics and Policy, and, Getting to Good: Research Integrity in Biomedicine (with Barbara Redman).

During the Covid-19 pandemic Dr. Caplan co-directed an advisory group on sports and recreation for the US Conference of Mayors, created a working group on Coronavirus vaccine challenge studies, developed an ethical framework for distributing drugs and vaccines for Johnson & Johnson, helped develop rationing policies for NYU LMC and many other health systems. He is also a member of the WHO advisory committee on Covid19, ethics and experimental drugs and set national policy for WIRB/WCG for research studies and compassionate use. He lives in Ridgefield, CT.

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