TY - JOUR
T1 - Antibodies as Currency: COVID-19’s Golden Passport
AU - Bramstedt, Katrina A.
PY - 2020/8/25
Y1 - 2020/8/25
N2 - Due to COVID-19, the fragile economy, travel restrictions, and generalized anxieties, the concept of antibodies as a “declaration of immunity” or “passport” is sweeping the world. Numerous scientific and ethical issues confound the concept of an antibody passport; nonetheless, antibodies can be seen as a potential currency to allow movement of people and resuscitation of global economics. Just as financial currency can be forged, so too is the potential for fraudulent antibody passports. This paper explores matters of science, ethics, and identity theft, as well as the problems of bias and discrimination that could promulgate a world of pandemic “golden passports.”
AB - Due to COVID-19, the fragile economy, travel restrictions, and generalized anxieties, the concept of antibodies as a “declaration of immunity” or “passport” is sweeping the world. Numerous scientific and ethical issues confound the concept of an antibody passport; nonetheless, antibodies can be seen as a potential currency to allow movement of people and resuscitation of global economics. Just as financial currency can be forged, so too is the potential for fraudulent antibody passports. This paper explores matters of science, ethics, and identity theft, as well as the problems of bias and discrimination that could promulgate a world of pandemic “golden passports.”
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85089863923&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s11673-020-09996-5
DO - 10.1007/s11673-020-09996-5
M3 - Article
C2 - 32840824
AN - SCOPUS:85089863923
SN - 1176-7529
VL - 17
SP - 687
EP - 689
JO - Journal of Bioethical Inquiry
JF - Journal of Bioethical Inquiry
IS - 4
ER -
