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Autor:
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Publikováno v:
SSRN Electronic Journal.
Human-enhancing devices via machine interface are rapidly approaching mass marketability. These devices include, for example, exoskeletons that allow functionality for those neurologically impaired are powered hydraulically, mechanically, or electric
Autor:
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Publikováno v:
SSRN Electronic Journal.
The Book of Job – the original “when bad things happen to good people” story is so troubling, so heinous, so rank unbelievable to most of us, that we react by denial, or worse. So awful is it, that many, including the Rambam (Maimonides), claim
Autor:
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Publikováno v:
SSRN Electronic Journal.
As the anti-vax industry continues to stoke fear and incite vaccine resistance, some means must be found to detoxify their false messages. Counterspeech, the preferred mode to deal with unfortunate rhetoric, I demonstrate, is both ineffective and cou
Autor:
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Publikováno v:
SSRN Electronic Journal.
Polygenic Risks Scores (PRS) are compiled based on a holistic evaluation of the entire genome. It has been recommended for use in conjunction with IVF, and currently, the technique has been advertised to enable parents to select the “healthiest”
Autor:
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Publikováno v:
SSRN Electronic Journal.
Following the recent decision in Roman Catholic Diocese v. Cuomo, clear guidance regarding the state’s powers to act during a pandemic is wanting. I look here to the 2018-2019 measles epidemic for that guidance. Measles rates increased dramatically
Autor:
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Publikováno v:
SSRN Electronic Journal.
Special Co-Vid 19 responses have been targeted to the elderly (of whatever age cut-off a politician designates) on the basis that age, itself, constitutes and a unique vulnerability to the disease. This Essay challenges that assumption on the basis o
Autor:
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Publikováno v:
SSRN Electronic Journal.
Personal Injury cases seeking recovery for contracting coronavirus are proliferating. These fall into four categories: direct exposure, such as on cruise ships, allegedly claiming negligent property management and decision-making, shareholder liabili
Autor:
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Publikováno v:
SSRN Electronic Journal.
American is now facing its third lockdown. Other countries are already so ensconced. Repeated efforts at COVID containment seem elusive. No respite seems in sight, other than expeditious vaccine dispensation. Along with concerted efforts in this dire
Autor:
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Publikováno v:
SSRN Electronic Journal.
Bioethical principles have been enunciated for rationing therapeutic agents, such as ventilators, in the context of the CoVid crisis. This article discusses the inapplicability of currently used paradigms (e.g. efficiency, success, quality of life, a
Autor:
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Publikováno v:
SSRN Electronic Journal.
The 2018-2019 measles epidemic was the worst the world (and the US) had seen in almost 30 years, manifesting in increased morbidity, mortality, hospitalizations, and public health expenditures. Public Health officials and legal scholars attribute the