As Covid-19 vaccines become available, is crucial that all government agencies work through the ethical conundrums of vaccine distribution beforehand—and be prepared to make hard decisions.
Health Care
Posted inNews Analysis, Politics & Society
3 lessons the H.I.V./AIDS pandemic can teach us about COVID
COVID-19 is not the first pandemic of our lifetime. But we’re certainly acting like it is.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
U.S. bishops’ internal memo: Catholics can take Covid-19 vaccines
An internal memo corrects “some confusion in the media regarding the moral permissibility of using the vaccines.” But at least two bishops have cast doubt on the moral permissibility of the vaccines.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
If you value the elderly, you should be alarmed by Biden’s Covid task force appointment
Dr. Emanuel is certainly a well-credentialed medical expert. But his dismissive attitudes toward the elderly and disabled ought to be disqualifying.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
I participated in Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine trial—and it taught me a lot about Christian hope
My hope that I am vaccinated is pretty shallow. But doesn’t our experience of mundane hope bring us closer to understanding our deepest hope?
Posted inJesuitical, Politics & Society
Helping regular people navigate the health care industry is a ministry (and a podcast)
A conversation with Dan Weissmann, host of the podcast “An Arm and a Leg.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Women, chronic illness and resurrection
Sarah Ramey in her new book: “My case went unsolved for fourteen years because no one would listen to me and the reason they would not listen to me is because I am a woman.”
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Pope Francis: Eventual coronavirus vaccine should belong to everyone
“This gesture by people who are used to living with pain and suffering, and yet manage to relieve it and help, tells us that there is still a lot of greatness among us,” the pope said.
Posted inPodcasts, Politics & Society
Voting Catholic: Is health care a sacred human right?
The coronavirus pandemic has exposed the American health care system. How can Catholics vote to ensure that no one is denied access to care?
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Pope Francis: Coronavirus vaccine must be for everyone, not just the wealthy
Pope Francis proposed “to globalize treatment” and said all people should be given access to life-saving medicine.