PHL 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Supererogation
5 Jan 2021
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Strong evidence required for very restrictive quarantine. Risk and the duty to care in sars epidemic. Isolation and quarantine are essential for fighting infection. Evidence: good evidence that it will help. Minimally necessary: quarantine must be the minimum required to achieve goals. Minimally burdensome: those who are quarantined must be as comfortable as possible. Healthcare workers have a dtc for their patients. But epidemics put the healthcare worker"s own life at risk. In the 1980"s some healthcare workers refused to treat people suffering from hiv/aids. If the level of risk is the same as or lower than the level implicitly accepted in the choice. The risk of hiv/aids is comparable to hepatitis b. The upshot of this is that the more risky an infection is, the fewer obligations the. Death rate for people over 65 is 50% Level of risk was not well understood.
