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  • Public Health Ethics
  • Bioethics
  • Sociology of Health

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  • COVID-19 public health measures faced resistance in Alberta, Canada.
  • Observed resistance stemmed from individualistic health attitudes and viewing the pandemic as an anomaly.
  • Polarization impacts rational dialogue in public health discussions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present vignettes illustrating resistance to COVID-19 public health measures.
  • To analyze the underlying attitudes driving this resistance.
  • To propose necessary adaptations for the field of bioethics.

Main Methods:

  • Qualitative analysis of three case vignettes from Alberta, Canada.
  • Examination of public health attitudes and pandemic perceptions.
  • Conceptual analysis of bioethics' role in contemporary crises.

Main Results:

  • Vignettes reveal strong individualistic health orientations.
  • A tendency to perceive the pandemic as a unique, non-recurring event was evident.
  • Resistance highlights challenges to collective public health action.

Conclusions:

  • Bioethics must integrate global crises like climate change into its framework.
  • Addressing societal polarization is crucial for effective public health ethics.
  • Future bioethics requires adapting to diminished rational dialogue and increased individualism.