Some actions for behavior analyst licensing bodies to consider in response to the COVID‐19 pandemic

The COVID‐19 global pandemic has had a significant impact on the practice of applied behavior analysis (ABA). Practitioners and caregivers have had to adapt quickly as physical distancing, stay‐at‐home orders, and shelter‐in‐place directives have become commonplace. As the field copes with the changes produced by the COVID‐19 outbreak, many behavior analytic practitioners are seeking guidance from regulatory bodies to ensure they are practicing legally and ethically. This article outlines some actions that the regulatory bodies that manage state behavior analyst licensure programs may consider to assist ABA practitioners and consumers during this unprecedented time. Additionally, suggestions are offered as to how state licensing bodies might prepare to support the practice of licensees during future events that present challenges similar to the current pandemic.     

全球公共卫生治理中的“病毒主权”困境研究

在新型冠状病毒感染全球迅速蔓延的背景下,有关“病毒主权”的议题再次成为国际社会的焦点。病毒共享机制在其实践中造成了有利于西方大国而危害发展中国家的现状,从而导致了“病毒主权”困境,通过梳理病毒共享的发展与现状,着重从国家利益、现有机制和集体行动力三个方面深入分析全球公共卫生治理中的“病毒主权”困境的成因,并相应提出破除该困境的三个改革方向,以期为更好地完善全球公共卫生治理提供依据。

     

Disruptive pandemic effects on telecommuters: A longitudinal study of work–family balance and well-being during COVID-19

We examined the disruptive influence of COVID-19 pandemic rates in the community on telecommuters' satisfaction with balancing their work and family roles and consequently their well-being. Utilizing event system theory and adaptation theory, we proposed that the rate of increase in proportion of confirmed COVID-19 cases in telecommuters' residential communities would predict a lower rate of increase in their satisfaction with work–family balance over time, thereby indirectly influencing two key aspects of well-being—emotional exhaustion and life satisfaction. Results from latent growth curve modeling using objective community data, as well as survey responses from a three-wave (N = 349) panel study of telecommuters in the United States, indicated that rate of increase in the proportion of confirmed COVID-19 cases in communities was negatively associated with the rate of increase in satisfaction with work–family balance, which translated into decreasing levels of well-being over time. We discuss the theoretical and practical implications of these findings.     

重大疫情防控中稀缺卫生资源分配的伦理思考

从目前国际上对稀缺卫生资源分配的主要伦理观点和存在的伦理困境入手,重点介绍了美国伊利诺伊大学医学中心的稀缺资源分配决策模型和中国新冠病毒感染疫情期间稀缺卫生资源分配决策模式,认为坚持对健康权和生命权的尊重是稀缺卫生资源分配应坚持的首要伦理原则,建议国家层面需建立稀缺卫生资源分配管理部门以及由相关专家和社区代表组成的稀缺卫生资源分配决策委员会,通过制定以实质公正和医学条件为标准的分配机制,以应对稀缺卫生资源分配中可能出现的伦理问题。

     

基因治疗病毒载体何去何从

8 0 %的基因治疗采用转染率较高的病毒载体 ,但应用病毒作为载体有可能在复制过程中增加活性病毒的拷贝 ,诱发宿主细胞免疫反应或癌变等副作用。以病毒为载体因为诸多隐患而逐渐退出基因治疗的历史舞台 ,安全、高效的非病毒载体可能是将来的基因治疗载体的目标     

对病毒性传染病强势崛起的医学省思

病毒性传染病的迅猛崛起,正式宣告了"后传染病时代"的终结.当今医学理论的高端化和滞后的临床治疗体系的严重不对称,导致了当代医学极为被动的局面.因此,应认真构建新的临床治疗体系,保证医学均衡发展.病毒与人的冲突,实质上是人自身制造的一场严重的生态危机,人类必须全面审视病毒,从深层次上重新调整人与大自然的关系,在新的理性平台上放逐自己的善行,以与大自然实行根本的和解.     

The Church is Permanently Underway

This article examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the unity of the human community in Japan, specifically Tokyo, where the 2020 Olympic Games have been postponed until 2021. This allows reflection on the issue of ecclesiology during this time of uncertainty. First, the article describes the critical response of the ecumenical leaders to the country’s first-ever declaration of a state of emergency. Second, it reflects upon the impact of the compulsion to conform to intolerant social order and the neoliberal “self-responsibility theory” that abandons the most vulnerable in society. Third, it explores the relationship between Tokyo and the Olympics, which has been inextricably linked to the aim of national unity. Finally, this article draws the conclusion that we must steer clear of any “unity” that conceals a deeper disunity. Therefore, the church must distance itself from both the “self-responsibility theory” and the enthusiasm of nationalism and instead work toward the restoration of the human community and the renewal of the church, which are currently the main issues of concern.     

Truth,hope, compassion in a time of corona virus and a presidential election

Despite signs of public unity in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic has also highlighted our divisions, disparities, and racism. The churches can have a voice for greater harmony and community if their public theology flows from their core beliefs and practices and is marked by engagement with truth, and a vision of hope acted out with compassion.     

What is being revealed in 2020?

The Covid-19 pandemic is exposing how humans have long related to nature, and revealing aspects of classism and racism that have long been ignored. Drawing on spiritual resources, such as Luther, might the polarizing, self versus other tendencies be overcome and the long pandemic rooted in economic class and racism more effectively addressed today? Can this result in a “new normal”?