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Zika Virus Infectious Cell Culture System and the In Vitro Prophylactic Effect of Interferons

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Published on: August 23, 2016

Zika, contraception and the non-identity problem.

Keyur Doolabh, Lucius Caviola, Julian Savulescu

Developing World Bioethics

|November 14, 2017

Summary

The Zika virus epidemic led to Congenital Zika Syndrome (CZS). Ethical concerns arose regarding contraception use, but the non-identity problem did not significantly influence public opinion on Zika interventions.

Keywords:

bioethics empirical ethics ethics health priorities resource allocation

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Area of Science:

Public Health
Bioethics
Epidemiology

Background:

The 2016 Zika virus outbreak was linked to Congenital Zika Syndrome (CZS).
Strategies to prevent CZS, including contraception, raise ethical questions, particularly the non-identity problem.
The non-identity problem concerns how interventions affecting conception impact future individuals and social justice.

Purpose of the Study:

To analyze the ethical implications of the non-identity problem in the context of Zika prevention.
To explore public moral intuitions regarding interventions for the Zika epidemic.
To determine if the non-identity problem should influence the prioritization of contraception for CZS prevention.

Main Methods:

Ethical analysis of the non-identity problem and its relevance to Zika control strategies.
An online survey of 93 US adults to gauge moral intuitions about the non-identity problem.
Comparison of public preference for person-affecting (mosquito control) versus impersonal (contraception) interventions.

Main Results:

Public respondents showed a preference for person-affecting interventions like mosquito control over impersonal ones like contraception.
The non-identity problem did not appear to be a significant factor in the public's decision-making regarding Zika interventions.
Theoretical ethical analysis and empirical data were combined to evaluate the impact of the non-identity problem.

Conclusions:

The non-identity problem, despite its philosophical weight, should not dictate the prioritization of contraception for preventing Congenital Zika Syndrome.
Public attitudes suggest a practical, rather than purely philosophical, approach to evaluating public health interventions.
Mosquito control was favored over contraception, indicating a preference for direct, person-affecting solutions in epidemic response.