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ArticleHistory and philosophy of the life sciences2022

Mandatory vaccinations, the segregation of citizens, and the promotion of inequality in the modern democracy of Greece and other democratic countries in the era of COVID-19.

Charalampos Mavridis, Georgios Aidonidis, Marianna Evangelou, Athanasios Kalogeridis

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Article in History and philosophy of the life sciences, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Charalampos MavridisMedical School, University of Crete, Voutes Campus, 710 03, Heraklion, Greece. ch.mavridis@uoc.gr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0480-7499
Georgios AidonidisInterbalkan Medical Center, Thessaloníki, Greece.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8774-4261
Marianna EvangelouIndependent Researcher, Larissa, Greece.
Athanasios Kalogeridis2nd Department of Internal Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloníki, Greece.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3270-1771
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki · GRInterbalkan Medical Center · GRUniversity Hospital of Larissa · GRUniversity of Crete · GR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Greek authorities enforced a vaccination mandate for healthcare workers (HCWs). At the same time, multiple concerns were raised about the epidemiological profile of Greece in addition to the ethical status of the harsh measures and their impact on employees, organizations, society, and public health. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), considerations regarding the evidence of vaccine safety and effectiveness, necessity, and proportionality should be clearly evaluated by before imposing mandatory vaccination policies. We discuss the issues regarding the mechanics of the transmission and contraction of SARS-CoV-2, the toxicity of COVID-19 vaccines, and the impact of the suspension of HCWs who did not vaccinate versus the potential expected benefits in addition to whether the vaccine mandates were justified considering the overall epidemiological context.

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COVID-19COVID-19 VaccinesHumansPandemicsPublic HealthSARS-CoV-2COVID-19 VaccinesCOVID-19 democracyCOVID-19 transmissionHealth care workers GreeceMandatory vaccinationPandemic politicsSARS-CoV-2 immunity

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PMID36477872
PMCPMC9734873
OpenAlexW4311174731

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