A database for comparative study
Coronaviruses are a type of virus. The specific coronavirus causing the present pandemic is called SARS-CoV-2 (SARS = severe acute respiratory syndrome; CoV = coronavirus). It is also known as 2019-nCoV (2019 = year; n = novel; CoV = coronavirus).… Read the rest
Question
What should be the proper procedure regarding b’rit milah during the COVID-19 pandemic?
(submitted by Rabbi Julie Pelc Adler, Director, Brit Milah Program of Reform Judaism)
Response
In the midst of the current pandemic, it is understandable that parents and mohalim/ot are confused and frightened. … Read the rest
Freehof Institute of Progressive Halakhah:
The National Catholic Bioethics Center supports and encourages the rapid development of an effective, safe, and widely available vaccine to combat COVID-19. However, even a pandemic does not justify forgetting or violating the fundamental moral principles that guide ethical action: human life is sacred and should never be exploited.… Read the rest
With the upcoming Yom Tov rapidly approaching, Rabbi Billet asked me to put together some general guidelines for what to do if, rachmana leztlon, people get sick or are diagnosed with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 over Yom Tov.
We obviously are not intending to provide specific advice which only your physician should do.… Read the rest
Freehof Institute of Progressive Halakhah:
Question:
The Assembly of Muslim Jurists of America (AMJA) has received several questions from bioethicists and physicians regarding the scarcity of medical resources and the rationing due to this which may become necessary in certain hospitals, including the rationing of ventilators and other therapies. … Read the rest
Since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, The National Catholic Bioethics Center has fielded numerous questions regarding COVID-19 triage protocols. We have reviewed a number of such protocols from both Catholic and secular sources; and while we do not question the need for appropriate policies or question the good motives of their authors, we do have concerns.… Read the rest
As the weeks go on, I’m hearing from more and more of you who are ill yourselves, worrying about friends or family who are ill, or mourning deaths. I’m sending much love and prayers for healing your way.
This week has been dominated by conversations about how many deaths would be acceptable in order to save the economy.… Read the rest
by R.J. Snell, Ph.D.
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues in Italy, many hospitals are overwhelmed with patients, necessitating difficult triage decisions that can seem like choosing who lives and who dies. In the United States, already some hospitals and caregivers are overburdened, with expectations that things will soon become even more difficult.… Read the rest
