Vulnerable

"""In the wake of COVID-19, many of us are asking, ""What just happened?"" This book provides the answer. Leading scholars from across disciplines address the pandemic's impact, with vulnerability as the underlying theme. Why were some neighbourhoods hit harder than others? Do lessons learned equip us to better manage a ""second wave?"" Did Canadian federalism impede more effective responses? And what if a vaccine is delayed, or proves impossible? This book is an indispensable source of insight and advice, helping us understand not only what happened, but how to diminish the chances of it happening again.""-- ""PUO-UOP"" ""Pandemics and contagion bring out the best and worst in individuals and societies. They put into stark relief the strengths, weaknesses, gaps, and inequities in society, government policies, and institutional practices. Lessons from past events are often forgotten. This book presents crucial perspectives, to deal with the current pandemic and prepare for the future"".-- ""PUO-UOP"" No book could be more timely and important than Vulnerable: The Law, Policy and Ethics of COVID-19. This book explores the unconscionable health, social, and economic inequities revealed by COVID-19. It probes the profound weaknesses in many national responses, the deficiencies in global institutions, and the affronts to human rights and the rule of law. Above all, this marvellous book makes a compelling case for transparency, accountability, and justice. The book is a tour de force on the human, social, economic, and legal impacts of a once in a lifetime pandemic.-- ""PUO-UOP"" This important compilation comes at a time in Canada when we are looking back on the first months of a global pandemic and strengthen-ing our foundation for future work. The authors' in-depth questioning and proposing of just and innovative approaches should inform how COVID-19 is addressed by public health and elected representatives.-- ""PUO-UOP"""