Prisons and jails remain hotspots for COVID-19.
· Given these outbreaks, should incarcerated people and correctional staff be prioritized in COVID-19 vaccine distribution?
· How should COVID-19 vaccine distribution be implemented across correctional facilities in various settings (e.g. rural jails)?
· Should incarcerated people participate in ongoing and future vaccine trials? What are the related ethical considerations?
On December 2, 11 AM- 1 PM (ET), the SEICHE Center is hosting a webinar focused on the ethical and logistical complexities of distributing COVID-19 vaccines inside correctional facilities. Our speakers will include historians with expertise in vaccines and mass incarceration, medical ethicists, public health experts, and correctional administrators to discuss a range of issues on COVID-19 vaccine distribution within prisons and jails.
Speakers
· New York University
Michelle Daniel-Jones
Doctoral Student/ Researcher/ Historian
· JustLeadershipUSA
DeAnna Hoskins
President & CEO
· Yale School of Medicine and Yale School of Public Health; Yale Institute for Global Health
Saad B. Omer, MBBS, MPH, PhD, FIDSA
Director, Yale Institute for Global Health; Associate Dean (Global Health Research), Yale School of Medicine; Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases), Yale School of Medicine; Susan Dwight Bliss Professor of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale School of Public Health
· Department of Bioethics, Clinical Center, the National Institutes of Health.
Holly Taylor
Research Bioethicist
· Pennsylvania Department of Corrections
John Wetzel
Secretary of Corrections
· Johns Hopkins University
Jonathan Zenilman
Professor of Medicine (Infectious Disease)
Contacts
Host Organization
· SEICHE Center for Health and Justice