Many nations have long held vaccine mandates for various vaccines with established safety records. New policies mandating experimental vaccines run contrary to the Nuremberg code, principles of liberty, and codified rights.
Vaccine passports are an efficient way for governments to coerce citizens into taking the risks of getting vaccinated for COVID-19.
The moral justification for a compulsory human papillomavirus vaccination program - Joseph E Balog
Am J Public Health 2009 Apr;99(4):616-22. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.131656. Epub 2009 Feb 5.
Abstract
Compulsory human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination of young girls has been proposed as a public health intervention to reduce the threat of the disease. Such a program would entail a symbiotic relationship between scientific interests in reducing mortality and morbidity and philosophical interests in promoting morality. This proposal raises the issue of whether government should use its police powers to restrict liberty and parental autonomy for the purpose of preventing harm to young people. I reviewed the scientific literature that questions the value of a HPV vaccination. Applying a principle-based approach to moral reasoning, I concluded that compulsory HPV vaccinations can be justified on moral, scientific, and public health grounds. 1)
Covid-19 vaccine boosters for young adults: A risk-benefit assessment and five ethical arguments against mandates at universities
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Kevin Bardosh - University of Washington; University of Edinburgh - Edinburgh Medical School
Allison Krug - Artemis Biomedical Communications LLC
Euzebiusz Jamrozik - University of Oxford
Trudo Lemmens - University of Toronto - Faculty of Law
Salmaan Keshavjee - Harvard University - Harvard Medical School
Vinay Prasad - University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
Martin A. Makary - Johns Hopkins University - Department of Surgery
Stefan Baral - John Hopkins University
Tracy Beth Høeg - Florida Department of Health; Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital
Date Written: August 31, 2022
Abstract
Students at North American universities risk disenrollment due to third dose Covid-19 vaccine mandates. We present a risk-benefit assessment of boosters in this age group and provide five ethical arguments against mandates. We estimate that 22,000 - 30,000 previously uninfected adults aged 18-29 must be boosted with an mRNA vaccine to prevent one Covid-19 hospitalisation.
Using CDC and sponsor-reported adverse event data, we find that booster mandates may cause a net expected harm: per Covid-19 hospitalisation prevented in previously uninfected young adults, we anticipate 18 to 98 serious adverse events, including 1.7 to 3.0 booster-associated myocarditis cases in males, and 1,373 to 3,234 cases of grade ≥3 reactogenicity which interferes with daily activities.
Given the high prevalence of post-infection immunity, this risk-benefit profile is even less favourable. University booster mandates are unethical because:
Finally, we discuss the relevance of our analysis for current 2-dose Covid-19 vaccine mandates in North America. 2)