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Data Sharing During Pandemics: Reciprocity, Solidarity, and Limits to Obligations. | LitMetric

Data Sharing During Pandemics: Reciprocity, Solidarity, and Limits to Obligations.

J Bioeth Inq

School of Health Studies & Rotman Institute of Philosophy, Western University, 1151 Richmond Street, London, Ontario, N6A 3K7, Canada.

Published: December 2023

AI Article Synopsis

  • - In November 2021, South Africa announced a new strain of SARS-CoV2, Omicron, leading to travel bans from many high-income countries, which were deemed unnecessary and against international regulations.
  • - The authors claim that while solidarity is often used to justify data sharing during pandemics, it should not create an obligation, and instead advocate for a principle of reciprocity.
  • - They argue that low-and-middle income countries should share data in future pandemics only if high-income countries guarantee fair distribution of benefits and protection against penalties for sharing information.

Article Abstract

South Africa shared with the world the warning of a new strain of SARS-CoV2, Omicron, in November 2021. As a result, many high-income countries (HICs) instituted complete travel bans on persons leaving South Africa and other neighbouring countries. These bans were unnecessary from a scientific standpoint, and they ran counter to the International Health Regulations. In short, South Africa was penalized for sharing data. Data sharing during pandemics is commonly justified by appeals to solidarity. In this paper, we argue that solidarity is, at best, an aspirational ideal to work toward but that it cannot ground an obligation to share data. Instead, low-and-middle income countries (LIMCs) should be guided by the principle of reciprocity, which states that we ought to return good for good received. Reciprocity is necessarily a conditional principle. LMICs, we argue, should only share data during future pandemics on the condition that HICs provide enforceable assurances that the benefits of data sharing will be equitably distributed and that LMICs won't be penalized for sharing information.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10942926PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11673-023-10251-wDOI Listing

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