The COVID-19 Pandemic: Ethical and Scientific Imperatives for "Natural" Experiments

Circulation. 2020 Jul 28;142(4):309-311. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.048671. Epub 2020 May 22.

Authors

Thomas C Erren¹, Philip Lewis¹, David M Shaw^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Institute and Policlinic for Occupational Medicine, Environmental Medicine and Prevention Research, University Hospital of Cologne, Germany (T.C.E., P.L.).
² Institute for Biomedical Ethics, University of Basel, Switzerland (D.M.S.).
³ Department of Health, Ethics, and Society, CAPHRI Research Institute, Maastricht University, The Netherlands (D.M.S.).

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; public health.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus*
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections / prevention & control*
Humans
Pandemics / ethics*
Pandemics / prevention & control*
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral / prevention & control*
Public Health / ethics*
Public Health / methods
SARS-CoV-2