With evidence of vaccine hesitancy in several jurisdictions, the option of making COVID-19
vaccination mandatory requires consideration. In this paper I argue that it would be ethical to …

Objectives More than 1 year after the start of the Covid-19 pandemic it is becoming
increasingly clear that vaccines will prove to be essential in combating this global pandemic …

The debate regarding the limits of individual liberty and the state's obligation to promote the
common welfare and to protect its citizens is too important to be left to extremists. As more …

Conclusions The COVID-19 pandemic has taught the world many lessons, including about
the ethics of mandatory vaccination. Many of the arguments frequently raised against …

The potential for vaccines to prevent the spread of infectious diseases is crucial for
vaccination policy and ethics. In this paper, I discuss recent evidence that the current COVID …

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19) a
global pandemic on 11 March 2020. The emergence of the reliability of vaccines, the fear of …

The novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic has refocused attention on the issue of
mandatory vaccination. Some have suggested that vaccines ought to be mandatory, while …

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 …

Savulescu (forthcoming) argues that it may be ethically acceptable for governments to
require citizens be vaccinated against COVID-19. He also recommends that governments …

The COVID-19 pandemic has devastated the globe. As of 24 January, there are almost 100
million cases globally, over 25 million of which are in the United States [1]. Global deaths …