Master in Food Ethics and Law

UNESCO Chair in Bioethics

Contact

  • 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

 

"Designing an Independent Public Health Agency"

It’s easy to blame Donald Trump for the entirety of the U.S. government’s chaotic and ineffective response to the Covid-19 pandem-ic  in  2020  and  early  2021.  He  is  indeed  responsible  for  downplay-ing  the  risk  posed  by  the  virus,  delaying  the  federal  government’s  response, and making reckless-ly  false  claims  about  Covid-19  therapies.  The  most  striking  at-tacks  were  against  institutions.  Before the pandemic, the Trump administration eliminated an im-portant biosecurity-related role on the National Security Council and ousted the leader of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development  Authority.