Proportionality and evidence-based pandemic management

Julian W.  März; Corine Mouton-Dorey; Tania Manríquez Roa; Nikola Biller-Andorno

doi:10.4414/SMW.2022.w30208

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Proportionality and evidence-based pandemic management

Julian W. März
Corine Mouton-Dorey
Tania Manríquez Roa
Nikola Biller-Andorno

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4414/SMW.2022.w30208
Cite this as:: Swiss Med Wkly. 2022;152:w30208
Published: 20.06.2022

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März JW, Molnar A, Holm S, Schlander M. The Ethics of COVID-19 Vaccine Allocation: Don’t Forget the Trade-Offs! Public Health Ethics. 2022;phac001. https://doi.org/10.1093/phe/phac001
Vinay R, Baumann H, Biller-Andorno N. Doing Justice to Patients with Dementia in ICU Triage. Am J Bioeth. 2021 Nov;21(11):71–4. https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2021.1980147
Holzer F, Luna F, Manriquez T, Biller-Andorno N. A matter of priority: equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines. Swiss Med Wkly. 2021 Mar;151:w20488. https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2021.20488
Ackermann S, Baumann Hölzle R, Biller Andorno N, Krones T, Meier-Allmendinger D, Monteverde S, et al. Pandemie: Lebensschutz und Lebensqualität in der Langzeitpflege. Schweiz Arzteztg. 2020;•••: https://doi.org/10.4414/saez.2020.19037
Sekalala S, Dagron S, Forman L, Meier BM. Analyzing the Human Rights Impact of Increased Digital Public Health Surveillance during the COVID-19 Crisis. Health Hum Rights. 2020 Dec;22(2):7–20.
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[1] März JW, Molnar A, Holm S, Schlander M. The Ethics of COVID-19 Vaccine Allocation: Don’t Forget the Trade-Offs! Public Health Ethics. 2022;phac001. https://doi.org/10.1093/phe/phac001

[2] Vinay R, Baumann H, Biller-Andorno N. Doing Justice to Patients with Dementia in ICU Triage. Am J Bioeth. 2021 Nov;21(11):71–4. https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2021.1980147

[3] Holzer F, Luna F, Manriquez T, Biller-Andorno N. A matter of priority: equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines. Swiss Med Wkly. 2021 Mar;151:w20488. https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2021.20488

[4] Ackermann S, Baumann Hölzle R, Biller Andorno N, Krones T, Meier-Allmendinger D, Monteverde S, et al. Pandemie: Lebensschutz und Lebensqualität in der Langzeitpflege. Schweiz Arzteztg. 2020;•••: https://doi.org/10.4414/saez.2020.19037

[5] Sekalala S, Dagron S, Forman L, Meier BM. Analyzing the Human Rights Impact of Increased Digital Public Health Surveillance during the COVID-19 Crisis. Health Hum Rights. 2020 Dec;22(2):7–20.

[6] Zadey S, Dharmadhikari S, Mukuntharaj P. Ethics-driven policy framework for implementation of movement restrictions in pandemics. BMJ Glob Health. 2021 Jun;6(6):e005202. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2021-005202

[7] World Health Organization. WHO Director-General’s opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19; 2020 [updated 2020 Mar 11]. Available from: https://www.who.int/director-general/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-opening-remarks-at-the-media-briefing-on-covid-19---11-march-2020

[8] Zweig SA, Zapf AJ, Beyrer C, Guha-Sapir D, Haar RJ. Ensuring Rights while Protecting Health: The Importance of Using a Human Rights Approach in Implementing Public Health Responses to COVID-19. Health Hum Rights. 2021 Dec;23(2):173–86.

[9] United Nations. COVID-19 and Human Rights: We are all in this together; 2020. Available from: https://www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/un_policy_brief_on_human_rights_and_covid_23_april_2020.pdf

[10] Davis S. Human Rights and Covid-19: Global Challenges - Special Issue No. 1; 2020. Available from: https://globalchallenges.ch/issue/special_1/human-rights-and-covid-19/

[11] European Commission. 2021 Rule of Law Report - Country Chapter on the rule of law situation in Hungary (SWD (2021) 714). Available from: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52021SC0714

[12] Noorlander P. COVID and Free Speech - The impact of COVID-19 and ensuing measures on freedom of expression in Council of Europe member states; 2020. Available from: https://edoc.coe.int/en/artificial-intelligence/9284-covid-and-free-speech-the-impact-of-covid-19-and-ensuing-measures-on-freedom-of-expression-in-council-of-europe-member-states.html

[13] The Economist. Global democracy has a very bad year: The pandemic caused an unprecedented rollback of democratic freedoms in 2020 2021, Feb 02 [updated 2021 Feb 2]. Available from: https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2021/02/02/global-democracy-has-a-very-bad-year

[14] The Economist. A new low for global democracy: More pandemic restrictions damaged democratic freedoms in 2021 2022, Feb 09 [updated 2022 Feb 9]. Available from: https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2022/02/09/a-new-low-for-global-democracy

[15] Council of Europe. The impact of COVID-19 on human rights and the rule of law - Our action. Available from: https://www.coe.int/en/web/human-rights-rule-of-law/covid19

[16] Gunnarsdóttir HD, Sinha MS, Gerke S, Minssen T. Applying the proportionality principle to COVID-19 antibody testing. J Law Biosci. 2020 Aug;7(1):lsaa058. https://doi.org/10.1093/jlb/lsaa058

[17] März JW, Holm S, Schlander M. Resource allocation in the Covid-19 health crisis: are Covid-19 preventive measures consistent with the Rule of Rescue? Med Health Care Philos. 2021 Dec;24(4):487–92. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11019-021-10045-0

[18] Biller-Andorno N, Wild V. The ethics of evidence. Hastings Cent Rep. 2012 Nov-Dec;42(6):29–30. https://doi.org/10.1002/hast.92