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'Morality pills' may be the US's best shot at ending the coronavirus pandemic, according to one ethicist

  • Written by Parker Crutchfield, Associate Professor of Medical Ethics, Humanities and Law, Western Michigan University
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COVID-19 is a collective risk. It threatens everyone, and we all must cooperate to lower the chance that the coronavirus harms any one individual. Among other things, that means keeping safe social distances and wearing masks. But many people...

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