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Human rights, public health and COVID-19 in Canada.

Author(s): Mykhalovskiy E, Kazatchkine C, Foreman-Mackey A, McClelland A, Peck R, Hastings C, Elliott R...

Faced with the extraordinary global public health crisis of COVID-19, governments across Canada must decide, often with limited and imperfect evidence, how to implement measures to reduce its sprea...

Article GUID: 32974860
Title:Human rights, public health and COVID-19 in Canada.
Authors:Mykhalovskiy E,  Kazatchkine C,  Foreman-Mackey A,  McClelland A,  Peck R,  Hastings C,  Elliott R
Link:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32974860
DOI:10.17269/s41997-020-00408-0
Category:Can J Public Health
PMID:32974860
Dept Affiliation: CONCORDIA
1 York University, Toronto, ON, Canada. ericm@yorku.ca.
2 Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
3 University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
4 Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
5 HIV & AIDS Legal Clinic Ontario (HALCO), Toronto, ON, Canada.
6 Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada.

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Human rights, public health and COVID-19 in Canada.

Can J Public Health. 2020 Sep 24; :

Authors: Mykhalovskiy E, Kazatchkine C, Foreman-Mackey A, McClelland A, Peck R, Hastings C, Elliott R

Abstract

Faced with the extraordinary global public health crisis of COVID-19, governments across Canada must decide, often with limited and imperfect evidence, how to implement measures to reduce its spread. Drawing on a health and human rights framework, this commentary explores several features of the Canadian response to date that raise human rights concerns. Our discussion focuses on criminal law, fines, data collection, and so-called snitch lines. We argue that the approach of governmental and public health authorities must be grounded in the best available scientific evidence and align with human rights standards. Our aim is to encourage dialogue within the public health community in Canada about the importance of human rights-based responses to COVID-19.

PMID: 32974860 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]