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Emerging tech has potential for grave social harm and great social good. Which way any of it swings depends entirely on the ethical standards serving as its fulcrum. Here’s how that situation sizes up today.

Last Updated: Dec 30, 2020 1:43 PM The Province has released an ethical framework outlining how they are making decisions during the Covid-19 vaccination rollout. Equity, Fairness, Public Trust, Minimizing Harm and Maximising Benefits all top the lists of concerns. Dr. Maxwell Smith, a bioethicist with the Vaccine Distribution Task Force, says the framework is necessary so everyone understands how decisions are being reached. “And so by making this ethical framework public at this point – i...