Master in Food Ethics and Law

UNESCO Chair in Bioethics

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  • Bioethics and Law Observatory
  • UNESCO Chair in Bioethics
  • University of Barcelona
  • Faculty of Law
  • Ave. Diagonal, 684
  • 08034 Barcelona
  • (+34) 93 403 45 46
  • obd.ub@ub.edu
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  • Master in Bioethics and Law
  • (+34) 93 403 45 46
  • master.bd@ub.edu

 

"The plight of essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic"

The Lancet

The   COVID-19   pandemic   has   vividly   highlighted   how   much  society  depends  upon  essential  workers.  Praise  for  the  heroic  work  being  done  by  health-care  workers  to  save lives worldwide in dangerous, exhausting conditions is  everywhere.  But  those  same  workers  are  often  left  unprotected   by   governments   and   systems   that   have   failed  to  supply  them  with  enough  personal  protective  equipment (PPE), supplies, and resources to do their jobs.