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 …

COVID-19 has the potential to re-frame the whole debate about individual and societal risk,
risk balancing, benefit-cost analysis, individual rights, societal responsibilities of individuals …

While the virus SARS-CoV-2 is the agent causing disease in individuals, the pandemic is a
behavioural and social phenomenon that has to be controlled by public health measures, 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 …

Following the availability of new vaccines against COVID-19, in 2021, some countries
introduced mandatory vaccination for healthcare professionals caring for patients and frail …

One year into the COVID-19 pandemic and SARS-CoV-2 activity is surging. The rates of
infection, hospitalization, and death are at all-time highs and continuing to rise as safe and …

Summary Background Since January 2020, worldwide public health has been threatened by
COVID-19, for which vaccines have been adopted from December 2020. Discussion …

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 …

Abstract On April 1, 2021, the Italian Government issued the Decree Law no. 44 establishing
COVID-19 compulsory vaccination for healthcare workers. In covering the news, national …

The COVID-19 pandemic has led a number of countries to introduce restrictive
'lockdown'policies on their citizens in order to control infection spread. Immunity passports …