 To a noteworthy degree, openness is also compelled by morals and law. Accountability for personal life is a feature of modern life, and medical accountability is a feature of modern life. Being accountable means being called upon to share information, explain, adjust behavior or submit to sanction. In the wake of COVID-19, SARS, Ebola and AIDS, new levels of information accountability gained public acceptance. World-wide, people are coming to think of minor and major contagious illnesses as conditions giving rise to public accountability. The accountability that is called for includes information gathering and sharing as a condition of travel between cities and countries or entering workplaces and schools. International travelers are asked to report symptoms of illness to officials. International visitors have their body temperatures scanned for fever automatically as they proceed to customs in some airports, workers are asked the same as a condition of enter workplaces. Mandatory testing, reporting, contact tracing and the use of prescribed symptom-checking apps, are examples of health information accountability. Beyond accountability for health information, the COVID-19 pandemic has made people accountable for mask wearing, hand washing, self-isolation, social gathering and other behaviors once considered purely personal. Decisions whether to vaccinate are also subject to moral and legal accountability, whether to prevent measles, COVID-19, or flu. 