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FOR: Vaccines save lives. There's a very simple argument in favour of mandating Covid-19 vaccinations. By getting vaccinated you reduce your risk of serious illness. Less serious illnesses mean ...
Mandatory vaccination, including for COVID-19, can be ethically justified if the threat to public health is grave, the confidence in safety and effectiveness is high, the expected utility of mandatory vaccination is greater than the alternatives, and the penalties or costs for non-compliance are proportionate. I describe an algorithm for justified mandatory vaccination. Penalties or costs ...
- Julian Savulescu
- 2021
Dec 3, 2021 · COVID-19 vaccine surveillance report: Week 48. 2021 5. Goldberg Y, Mandel M, Bar-On YM, et al. Waning Immunity after the BNT162b2 Vaccine in Israel. New England Journal of Medicine 2021;385:e85. doi: DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2114228 6. Doshi P. Pfizer and Moderna’s “95% effective” vaccines—we need more details and the raw data.
Dec 21, 2022 · The requirement to attend an appointment at a clinic could be seen as a mild penalty for non-compliance with a vaccine mandate. However, while we could indeed have a mandatory vaccination programme backed by such sanctions, that is not the proposal under consideration. Recall, a mandatory vaccination programme means that there is a legal ...
Apr 26, 2021 · Medical ethics has long upheld the right of people to refuse medical treatments they do not want. Forcing people to get vaccinated violates their freedom. The right to privacy is an extension of ...
Apr 20, 2021 · A Western University expert on medical ethics says mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for the general public are unlikely to be ethically justified right now, because it's not clear such a policy ...
Sep 1, 2021 · THE CLAIM. One of the most commonly referenced arguments against vaccine mandates is that they violate the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, or, more specifically, Section 7 of the charter ...
