The ethics of scare: COVID-19 and the Philippines' fear appeals

Biana, Hazel T.; Joaquin, Jeremiah Joven

doi:10.1016/j.puhe.2020.04.017

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“…In India, for example, the poor were confined in ghettos without a proper social security net and their conditions were exacerbated by the lockdown [46]. Other approaches used in LMICs to fight COVID-19 include the use of fear appeals to regulate people's behaviours [47]. However, it can be argued whether this technique is ethical and acceptable or not.…”

Section: The Duality Of Trust: On the Trustworthiness Of Governments And Public Trustmentioning

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The role of ethics in science: a systematic literature review from the first wave of COVID-19

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This paper proposes a systematic literature review on ethics and CoviD-19, aiming to understand the impact and the perception of the pandemic during the first wave (January-June 2020) and the consequences one year later. PubMed was systematically searched up May 2020 to identify studies that took into consideration various ethical issues that have been arising from the Covid-19 outbreak. The eligibility of the papers was determined by two authors, who screened the results mediated by a third author. In order to facilitate the screening, the titles were divided into five sub-thematic macro-areas, namely allocation, policy, specialist, clinical trials, and technology and, when possible, per geographical area. Specifically, a posteriori, we decided to focus on the papers referring to policies and technology, as they highlighted ethical issues that are not overused and worthy of particular attention. Thus, 38 studies out of 233 met our inclusion criteria and were fully analysed. Accordingly, this review touches on themes such as fairness, equity, transparency of information, the duty of care, racial disparities, the marginalisation of the poor, and privacy and ethical concerns. Overall, it was found that despite the increased awareness of interdisciplinarity and the essential reference to ethics, many scientific articles use it with little competence, considering it only a "humanitarian" enrichment. In fact, as we understand, reflecting a year after the outbreak of the pandemic, although Covid-19 is leading scientists to increasingly recognise the importance of ethical issues, there is still a lot of confusion that could be helped by establishing international guidelines to act as a moral compass in times of crisis.

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Section: The Duality Of Trust: On the Trustworthiness Of Governments And Public Trustmentioning

confidence: 99%

The role of ethics in science: a systematic literature review from the first wave of COVID-19

et al. 2021

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“…Within the Philippine context, Corpuz [62] called to end the police brutality of Filipinos, which was exacerbated during the coronavirus outbreak. Biana [67] argued that the outcome in health disparity could be related to a matter of class. For example, being Black in the United States is considered a risk factor for disease vulnerability, while being poor in the Philippines means "to be neglected and be reduced to nothing."…”

Section: Covid-19 and Incidence Of Violencementioning

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COVID-19: Evidenced Health Disparity

Iyanda

Boakye

2021

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Health disparity is an unacceptable, unjust, or inequitable difference in health outcomes among different groups of people that affects access to optimal health care, as well as deterring it. Health disparity adversely affects disadvantaged subpopulations due to a higher incidence and prevalence of a particular disease or ill health. Existing health disparity determines whether a disease outbreak such as coronavirus disease 2019, caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), will significantly impact a group or a region. Hence, health disparity assessment has become one of the focuses of many agencies, public health practitioners, and other social scientists. Successful elimination of health disparity at all levels requires pragmatic approaches through an intersectionality framework and robust data science.

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“…This implies that beliefs, such as beliefs in quarantine protocols to stay alive, reward good health. This can enable a person to manage fear and worries brought by COVID 19 (Ahorsu et al, 2020;Biana & Joaquin, 2020). The gradual lifting of ECQ to GCQ allows more movement, motivating Metro Manila residents to comply with the quarantine protocols (Sy et al, 2020;Torneo et al, 2020).…”

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Adherence to Quarantine Protocols to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19: The Moderating Effect of Social Media Campaigns

Guillen¹

2021

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This study focuses on Metro Manila in the Philippines in preventing the spread of the novel coronavirus or COVID-19 through analyzing the moderating effect of social media campaigns on adherence to COVID-19 protocols. Metro Manila is the pandemic's epicenter with a strict implementation of quarantine protocols set by the Local Government Units (LGUs). This study also examines the factors that influenced Metro Manila residents to adhere to quarantine measures. Four hundred thirteen residents (413) joined the survey consisting of sixteen (16) cities and one (1) municipality in Metro Manila. Using the Theory of Planned Behavior, the direct relationships between attitude, controllability, social media and adherence to quarantine protocols were significant. This implies that social media has directly influenced adherence to quarantine protocols. However, social media did not moderate the relationship between subjective norm and self-efficacy in the adherence to quarantine protocols. The relationship between subjective norm and self-efficacy in adherence to quarantine protocols was not significant either. It was not others such as family and peers who encouraged the resident to adhere, but it was his or her decision to survive and stay alive. Finally, the study shows the crucial role of social media in helping minimize the spread of COVID-19.

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The ethics of scare: COVID-19 and the Philippines' fear appeals

Cited by 19 publications

References 8 publications

The role of ethics in science: a systematic literature review from the first wave of COVID-19

The role of ethics in science: a systematic literature review from the first wave of COVID-19

COVID-19: Evidenced Health Disparity

Adherence to Quarantine Protocols to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19: The Moderating Effect of Social Media Campaigns

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