ArticlePublic health ethics2022
The Ethics of Selective Mandatory Vaccination for COVID-19.
Article in Public health ethics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.
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- Ethical analysis of childhood vaccination information processes among Turkish parents in the United States.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Coercive public health policies need context-specific ethical justifications.Monash bioethics review · 2025Article
- Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination in the Health Sector: a Comparative Approach Between the Greek and American Examples.Health care analysis : HCA : journal of health philosophy and policy · 2025Article
- The Interplay of Politics and Conspiracy Theories in Shaping Vaccine Hesitancy in a Diverse Cultural Setting in Italy.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- COVID-19 vaccine boosters for young adults: a risk benefit assessment and ethical analysis of mandate policies at universities.Journal of medical ethics · 2024Article
- Attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccine mandate: The role of psychological characteristics and partisan self-identification.Personality and individual differences · 2023Article
- The Ethical Significance of Post-Vaccination COVID-19 Transmission Dynamics.Journal of bioethical inquiry · 2023Article
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- How Mandatory Can We Make Vaccination?Public health ethics · 2022Article
- Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic and How Blood Operators Can Prepare for the Next Pandemic.Viruses · 2022Review
- The unintended consequences of COVID-19 vaccine policy: why mandates, passports and restrictions may cause more harm than good.BMJ global health · 2022Review
- In Defense of Vaccine Mandates: An Argument from Consent Rights.Public health ethics · 2022Article
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Abstract
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 make the COVID-19 vaccination mandatory for older people who are at highest risk of severe disease, but if this were to occur, and while there is limited knowledge of the disease and vaccines, there are not likely to be sufficient grounds to mandate vaccination for those at lower risk. Mandating vaccination for those at high risk of severe disease is justified on the basis of the harm principle, as there is evidence that this would remove the grave public health threat of COVID-19. The risk-benefit profile of vaccination is also more clearly in the interests of those at highest risk, so mandatory vaccination entails a less severe cost to them. Therefore, a selective mandate would create fairness in the distribution of risks. The level of coercion imposed by a mandate would need to be proportionate, and it is likely that multiple approaches will be needed to increase vaccine uptake. However, a selective mandate for COVID-19 vaccines is likely to be an ethical choice and should be considered by policy-makers.
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