Antibodies as Currency: COVID-19's Golden Passport.
J Bioeth Inq
; 17(4): 687-689, 2020 Dec.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-32840824
ABSTRACT
Due to COVID-19, the fragile economy, travel restrictions, and generalized anxieties, the concept of antibodies as a "declaration of immunity" or "passport" is sweeping the world. Numerous scientific and ethical issues confound the concept of an antibody passport; nonetheless, antibodies can be seen as a potential currency to allow movement of people and resuscitation of global economics. Just as financial currency can be forged, so too is the potential for fraudulent antibody passports. This paper explores matters of science, ethics, and identity theft, as well as the problems of bias and discrimination that could promulgate a world of pandemic "golden passports."
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Assunto principal:
Viagem
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SARS-CoV-2
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COVID-19
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Anticorpos Antivirais
Aspecto:
Ethics
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Humans
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En
Revista:
J Bioeth Inq
Ano de publicação:
2020
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Article
País de afiliação:
Luxemburgo