PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - David R Lawrence
AU  - John Harris
TI  - Red herrings, circuit-breakers and ageism in the COVID-19 debate
AID  - 10.1136/medethics-2020-107115
DP  - 2021 Sep 01
TA  - Journal of Medical Ethics
PG  - 645--646
VI  - 47
IP  - 9
4099  - http://jme.bmj.com/content/47/9/645.short
4100  - http://jme.bmj.com/content/47/9/645.full
SO  - J Med Ethics2021 Sep 01; 47
AB  - In their recent paper ‘Why lockdown of the elderly is not ageist and why levelling down equality is wrong’ Savulescu and Cameron attempt to argue the case for subjecting the ‘elderly’ to limits not imposed on other generations. We argue that selective lockdown of the elderly is unnecessary and cruel, as well as discriminatory, and that this group may suffer more than others in similar circumstances. Further, it constitutes an unjustifiable deprivation of liberty.