Artikel: The Ethical Significance of Post-Vaccination COVID-19 Transmission Dynamics.
2022 Band 20, Heft 1, Seite(n) 21–29
Abstract: 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-19 vaccines have only a modest and short-lived effect on reducing SARS- ... ...
Abstract | 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-19 vaccines have only a modest and short-lived effect on reducing SARS-CoV-2 transmission and argue that this has at least four important ethical implications. First, getting vaccinated against COVID-19 should be seen primarily as a self-protective choice for individuals. Second, moral condemnation of unvaccinated people for causing direct harm to others is unjustified. Third, the case for a harm-based moral obligation to get vaccinated against COVID-19 is weak. Finally, and perhaps most significantly, coercive COVID-19 vaccination policies (e.g., measures that exclude unvaccinated people from society) cannot be directly justified by the harm principle. |
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Mesh-Begriff(e) | Humans ; COVID-19 ; COVID-19 Vaccines ; SARS-CoV-2 ; Vaccination ; Coercion |
Chemische Substanzen | COVID-19 Vaccines |
Sprache | Englisch |
Erscheinungsdatum | 2022-12-21 |
Erscheinungsland | Netherlands |
Dokumenttyp | Journal Article |
ZDB-ID | 2253038-1 |
ISSN | 1872-4353 ; 1176-7529 |
ISSN (online) | 1872-4353 |
ISSN | 1176-7529 |
DOI | 10.1007/s11673-022-10223-6 |
Datenquelle | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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