[The "Historic Study" SOLIDARITY-Research's Answer to the Sars-CoV-2 Pandemic].
- Authors
- Type
- Published Article
- Journal
- NTM
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 2020
- Volume
- 28
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 219–225
- Identifiers
- DOI: 10.1007/s00048-020-00257-5
- PMID: 32399903
- Source
- Medline
- Keywords
- Language
- German
- License
- Unknown
Abstract
This paper is part of Forum COVID-19: Perspectives in the Humanities and Social Sciences. The novel coronavirus (Sars-CoV-2) poses a huge challenge to the world community. Knowledge about the virus and its properties is limited, but there is a great need to base political and medical decisions on scientific knowledge. This situation is leading to a dynamization of research. A prominent example of such a development is SOLIDARITY. The epistemological dimensions of this trial, which is coordinated by the WHO, and the resulting ethical implications are discussed in this article.