Center Director and co-author Matthew Wynia, MD, MPH concludes, "To ensure the trustworthiness of the health system, disability rights advocates and health care leaders should work together to finalize crisis triage plans that save the most lives, protect the equal worth of all persons, and enhance communities’ capacity to heal in the wake of a once-in-a century pandemic."  Read article>>

Center faculty Daniel Goldberg, JD, PhD is quoted, “Typically, having a communicable disease damages a person’s status, resulting in stigma. But an immunity card system would be the inverse, indicating when a person who is thought to be immune to the virus achieves a positive social status, along with the resulting benefits — like being able to go to work, visit friends or go to restaurants. It’s problematic from an ethical standpoint to do that on the basis of disease status.”  Read article>>