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La campagne de vaccination pour les enfants a débuté ce week-end aux États-Unis. Oliver Estrada, 5 ans, reçoit la première dose du vaccin Pfizer à son école élémentaire, à Phoenix. L’éthique est un aspect important pour les décisions concernant la vaccination. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Comment évaluer les risques et les avantages de la vaccination contre la Covid‑19 pour les enfants ?

Anthony Skelton, Western University

Lorsqu’il s’agit de décider s’il faut vacciner les enfants âgés de cinq à onze ans contre la Covid-19, les organismes de réglementation au pays doivent s’appuyer tant sur l’éthique que la science.
Ethics are important to vaccination decisions because while science can clarify some of the costs and benefits, it cannot tell us which costs and benefits matter most to us. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn

Ethical decisions: Weighing risks and benefits of approving COVID‑19 vaccination in children ages 5‑11

Anthony Skelton, Western University

When making the decision whether to vaccinate children aged five to 11 against COVID-19, regulators in Canada must rely on sound ethics as well as sound science.
Children wearing masks sit behind screened-in cubicles in their classroom at a Toronto school during the COVID-19 pandemic. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

3 reasons for making COVID‑19 vaccination mandatory for children

Anthony Skelton, Western University and Lisa Forsberg, University of Oxford

Full population-level protection against COVID-19 will require most adolescents and children to be vaccinated. There are ethical arguments for encouraging vaccination uptake through vaccine mandates.

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