Add to ORKGThe rare but severe cerebral venous thrombosis occurring in some AstraZeneca vaccine recipients has prompted some governments to suspend part of their COVID-19 vaccination programmes. Such suspensions have faced various challenges from both scientific and ethical angles. Most of the criticisms against such suspensions follow a consequentialist approach, arguing that the suspension will lead to more harm than benefits. In this paper, I propose a rights-based argument against the suspension of the vaccine rollouts amid this highly time-sensitive combat of COVID-19. I argue that by suspending a vaccine rollout, a government infringes people's right to take the risks they deem worth taking for their health. I also consider four potential object...
Background Despite vaccinations are scientifically proven to be safe and effective public controve...
COVID-19 vaccines are likely to be scarce for years to come. Many countries, from India to the U.K.,...
The World Health Organization declared the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic as a global health crisis...
The rare but severe cerebral venous thrombosis occurring in some AstraZeneca vaccine recipients has ...
The rare but severe cerebral venous thrombosis occurring in some AstraZeneca vaccine recipients has ...
The COVID-19 pandemic has once again brought the vaccine debate into the national spotlight. Except ...
In early 2021, cases of rare adverse events were observed in individuals who had received the Astra ...
Mass vaccination and its controversial assessments have become key issues under the covid-19 pandemi...
The potential for vaccines to prevent the spread of infectious diseases is crucial for vaccination p...
We argue that, from the point of view public health ethics, vaccination is significantly analogous t...
It is widely accepted that a liberal state has a general duty to protect its people from undue healt...
Mandatory vaccination, including for COVID-19, can be ethically justified if the threat to public he...
Departing from the mandatory vaccination had been debated and received a lot of rejection which has ...
Governments around the world have faced the challenge of how to respond to the recent outbreak of a ...
Background Despite vaccinations are scientifically proven to be safe and effective public controve...
COVID-19 vaccines are likely to be scarce for years to come. Many countries, from India to the U.K.,...
The World Health Organization declared the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic as a global health crisis...
The rare but severe cerebral venous thrombosis occurring in some AstraZeneca vaccine recipients has ...
The rare but severe cerebral venous thrombosis occurring in some AstraZeneca vaccine recipients has ...
The COVID-19 pandemic has once again brought the vaccine debate into the national spotlight. Except ...
In early 2021, cases of rare adverse events were observed in individuals who had received the Astra ...
Mass vaccination and its controversial assessments have become key issues under the covid-19 pandemi...
The potential for vaccines to prevent the spread of infectious diseases is crucial for vaccination p...
We argue that, from the point of view public health ethics, vaccination is significantly analogous t...
It is widely accepted that a liberal state has a general duty to protect its people from undue healt...
Mandatory vaccination, including for COVID-19, can be ethically justified if the threat to public he...
Departing from the mandatory vaccination had been debated and received a lot of rejection which has ...
Governments around the world have faced the challenge of how to respond to the recent outbreak of a ...
Background Despite vaccinations are scientifically proven to be safe and effective public controve...
COVID-19 vaccines are likely to be scarce for years to come. Many countries, from India to the U.K.,...
The World Health Organization declared the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic as a global health crisis...