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  • Toward a coronavirus vaccine: Jewish ethical questions

    Jason Weiner|May 1, 2020

    (JNS)—The coronavirus pandemic has given rise to some of the most complex and significant medical-ethics dilemmas in recent history, namely the question of triaging ICU care and, by extension, deciding who shall live and who shall die. As society begins to contemplate how to readjust to the new normal and eventually lifts isolation measures, new and similarly challenging ethical questions will arise. One such question that has not yet received much discussion, but which I believe requires our community’s attention, revolves around the rush to...