COVID Pandemic: Ethical Analysis, Impacts, and Policy Recommendations

COVID Pandemic
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Introduction
Coronavirus is an infectious disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus exhibiting many health complications for the infected. Among the symptoms felt after infection are mild to moderate respiratory illness and recovery without an individual requiring any special treatment. However, some can develop serious respiratory complications and require urgent and specialized therapies. Individuals suffering from chronic illnesses such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease and those old are more likely to develop serious complications when contracting the disease (Adler, 2020). The sudden spread of the virus has run global activities to a standstill, with most countries declaring lockdowns to curb its spread. The article discusses the importance of the COVID pandemic infection to the international community. There are also critical ethical analyses surrounding the Pandemic that communities must clarify. Moreover, the case discusses the various impacts of the virus across societies and the different policy recommendations that reduce its spread rate and improve the adverse effects on multiple sectors (Su, 2021). Corona Virus is a relatively new pandemic that requires extensive studies to understand, critical ethical analysis, and the exploration of impacts and policy recommendations of the Pandemic.
Importance of COVID Information
The onset of the Pandemic caught everyone by surprise, including extensive research organizations that scrambled to manufacture a vaccine. Individuals succumbed to the virus's effects due to insufficient knowledge of how to prevent the contraction of the virus. It is essential to have every possible information on Corona Virus to advance our protection (Everett et al., 2021). Moreover, access to information helps with saving measures applicable to diminishing sectors. Families with young children and older adults need support, especially in the middle of this Pandemic; however, it is not possible when securing information about the virus is difficult. The availability of information can help government organizations better understand how best to support vulnerable individuals in societies (Miller et al., 2021). Examples of responses that a country’s government is likely to deliver regarding having enough information on the Pandemic include offering families access to free healthcare services and offering an educative seminar to the public to minimize the spread of the virus.
Moreover, organizations globally are among the primarily hit sectors by the global Pandemic. Knowing about the virus and its characteristics help corporation that experiences the negative impact of the virus to apply measures that help its sustainability (Wamoyi et al., 2021). Organizations dealing with gatherings, such as event organizers, commuting locomotives, and schools, were forced to close their doors after almost every country globally ordered a lockdown. However, they were able to make their comeback in their respective industries after getting access to information about the virus and how humans can coexist with it. Schools started adopting online ...