Venue: YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov

Halacha:

Science & Medicine 

References: Avoda Zara: 27b ,  Bava Metzia: 71a ,  Horayot: 13a ,  Bava Metzia: 62a ,  Bava Kamma: 23a ,  Yoma: 85a  

Description

Panel discussion with Rabbi Mordechai Torczyner, Dr. Brian Schwartz (Chief, Emergency Preparedness, Public Health Ontario and Associate Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto) and Dr. Barry Pakes (Program Director, Global Health Education Initiative and Assistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto). Four questions: Using treatments which have not been safety-tested; Prioritizing recipients of treatment; Obligating healthcare workers to treat Ebola patients; Imposing mandatory quarantine