Journal article
Global ethical considerations regarding mandatory vaccination in children
- Abstract:
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Whether children should be vaccinated against coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) (or other infectious diseases such as influenza) and whether some degree of coercion should be exercised by the state to ensure high uptake depends, among other things, on the safety and efficacy of the vaccine. For COVID-19, these factors are currently unknown for children, with unanswered questions also on children's role in the transmission of the virus, the extent to which the vaccine will decrease transmiss...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Elsevier Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Journal of Pediatrics Journal website
- Volume:
- 231
- Pages:
- 10-16
- Publication date:
- 2021-01-20
- Acceptance date:
- 2021-01-07
- DOI:
- ISSN:
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0022-3476
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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1154035
- Local pid:
- pubs:1154035
- Deposit date:
- 2021-01-12
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- Copyright holder:
- Savulescu et al.
- Copyright date:
- 2021
- Rights statement:
- © 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an open access article under a Creative Commons license.
- Licence:
- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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