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ngq, you sexy beast! Here is a sanity check for that clean meta. ;)

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  • As countries eagerly hope to end the lockdowns that have decimated national economies, one idea that has gained traction is the issuance of immunity passports to those that have either tested negative or recovered from COVID-19. In Nature, however, an article this week outlines four practical challenges and six ethical objections to immunity passports:
    1. Unclear whether recovered patients develop immunity to future exposure to virus.
    2. Serological testing for antibodies remains unreliable (low specificity and specificity).
    3. No country has sufficient serological testing capacity (minimum of two per person).
    4. Only a small fraction of the population would be certified (e.g. less than 0.5% of the U.S. population based on current number of confirmed cases).
    5. Systems to monitor immunity will erode privacy and increase the risk of forgery.
    6. Marginalized communities will be disproportionately impacted, including profiling and potential harms to racial, sexual, religious or other minority groups.
    7. Unfair access due to testing shortages and systemic inequities.
    8. Create further inequity between immuno-privileged and vulnerable communities.
    9. Could open the possibility for discrimination on the basis of other health information (e.g. mental health status, genetic tests) by employers, insurers, or law enforcement.
    10. Can lead to perverse incentives, e.g. if social and economic liberties are only granted to people who recover from COVID-19.
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The ongoing global protests against police brutality in the United States and the structural racism that enables it, remind us that racism is detrimental, and deadly. As such, racism and structural manifestations are a major public health concern and compound with other issues like COVID-19 to magnify negative impacts on dignity, and on morbidity and mortality.

A recent study by the U.K. Government shows how the risk of death from COVID-19 for ethnic minorities is 10-50% higher risk. The WHO expressed support of the global movement and clarified that attending a mass gathering did not necessarily require more restrictive measures. Instead, WHO officials urged protesters to follow local guidelines in maintaining safe practices, including physical distancing, masks and hand washing.

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  • As countries eagerly hope to end the lockdowns that have decimated national economies, one idea that has gained traction is the issuance of immunity passports to those that have either tested negative or recovered from COVID-19. In Nature, however, an article this week outlines four practical challenges and six ethical objections to immunity passports:
    1. Unclear whether recovered patients develop immunity to future exposure to virus.
    2. Serological testing for antibodies remains unreliable (low specificity and specificity).
    3. No country has sufficient serological testing capacity (minimum of two per person).
    4. Only a small fraction of the population would be certified (e.g. less than 0.5% of the U.S. population based on current number of confirmed cases).
    5. Systems to monitor immunity will erode privacy and increase the risk of forgery.
    6. Marginalized communities will be disproportionately impacted, including profiling and potential harms to racial, sexual, religious or other minority groups.
    7. Unfair access due to testing shortages and systemic inequities.
    8. Create further inequity between immuno-privileged and vulnerable communities.
    9. Could open the possibility for discrimination on the basis of other health information (e.g. mental health status, genetic tests) by employers, insurers, or law enforcement.
    10. Can lead to perverse incentives, e.g. if social and economic liberties are only granted to people who recover from COVID-19.
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