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Thermo Fisher Scientific and Lacks’s family reach a deal over the unethical use of her cells. Thermo Fisher Scientific and Lacks’s family reach a deal over the unethical use of her cells.
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When David Hicks, DO, MPH, deputy health officer for Jefferson County in Alabama, was asked in an interview a month before the release of the first COVID-19 vaccine if he would get it, he said he didn t yet have the information to make an informed decision.
Now he does. Vaccines were approved, he did his research, and he got vaccinated. Now each day he s out front of his community sharing what he s learned and recounting his experience.
In consultation with bioethicists, Hicks and his colleagues have crafted what he calls an all-hands-on-deck strategy, enlisting faith leaders, family physicians, community advocates, and other influencers to provide people with the information they need to make sound decisions – as opposed to trying to dictate what they must do.