Abstract

As COVID-19 swept across the globe, ethicists everywhere took up a call to arms to advise and guide the medical profession through an unprecedented event. "Fairness" quickly became the word de jour in this pandemic. But when it comes to health "fair" is a four-letter word. It is of no surprise to feminist bioethicists, but fairness, equality, and equity are not equivalent. As we have seen revealed again and again over the last two years, the social and structural determinants that contribute to good health are not fairly distributed amongst the population. Instead, where we live and work, how much money we have, our education, gender, and ethnicity all contribute to how accessible healthcare services are, our...