The American Journal of Bioethics
For this reason, we argue it is prudent to reflect carefully on the details of avian flu, and to define and delineate the ethical issues that will arise during an avian flu pandemic. Only then can bioethics reflect on which normative answers will need to emerge (Mack 1991). Even if the H5N1 strain d...
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| Summary: | For this reason, we argue it is prudent to reflect carefully on the details of avian flu, and to define and delineate the ethical issues that will arise during an avian flu pandemic. Only then can bioethics reflect on which normative answers will need to emerge (Mack 1991). Even if the H5N1 strain does not mutate and give rise to pandemic disease, for example, the idea that it could become endemic in wild birds and domestic poultry would be a significant economic and environmental problem, disrupting both natural ecosystems and the basic economy of many Asian village farms (New York Times 2005). When this strain of influenza first emerged among Vietnamese poultry in 1997, over 150 million birds succumbed to the disease or were culled to prevent further spread. Since then chicken production and consumption has been affected |
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