When Worlds Collide – Ethics and the Global Pandemic Response (Thursday)
Dr. Lorne Babiuk, Dr. Colin Soskolne and Dr. James Talbot
Sponsored by the University of Alberta Senate
7:30PM-9:00PM TELUS Centre 150
Nations worldwide are scrambling to develop battle plans to fight the H1N1 pandemic, but as immunization strategies and logistics are developed, are ethical issues being overlooked? Who gets access to vaccines? Who's first in line? Can immunization be mandated? Should it be? What are the ethics of fighting a global pandemic? Join experts for a thought provoking discussion.