Vaccine policies fall on a spectrum, from mandates to recommendations. Deciding what to use and when is not so much a science but a balancing act between personal autonomy and public good.
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Children deserve agency in decisions that affect them, but adults are ultimately responsible for making decisions in children’s best interests.
Many school lunchbox products are now heavily marketed as promoting gut health. The limited regulation of such claims leaves it to parents and carers to assess whether they really stack up.
We have moved beyond burning witches and lynching wrong-doers. So we should also stop shaming unvaccinated people. There are better ways to change behaviour.
Mandatory COVID-19 vaccination in Nigeria cannot be by oral proclamation, but must be based on legislation or regulation on public health and safety.
Am I really eligible? Isn’t there someone more worthy of getting immunized before me? A bioethicist explains that such feelings of guilt are understandable. In fact, they are good for society.
Pausing COVID-19 vaccine rollouts can backfire. There are better ways to manage safety issues while they’re being investigated.
There’s more to successful coronavirus policy than the R number.
Preventing people from dying alone in a pandemic takes ingenuity and money, but it’s the right thing to do.
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Chen Su Lan Centennial Professor in Medical Ethics, National University of Singapore; Distinguished Visiting Professor in Law, University of Melbourne; Uehiro Chair in Practical Ethics, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, Mount Saint Vincent University
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Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati
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Professor of Law, University of Bristol
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Professor, School of Nursing, University of British Columbia
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Professor of Paediatrics and vaccinologist, Royal Childrens Hospital, University of Melbourne and Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI); Associate Dean International, University of Melbourne, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, Monash University
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, Mount Saint Vincent University
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Assistant Professor of Nursing and Health Innovation, Arizona State University
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Senior Research Fellow, Alfred Deakin Institute, Deakin University
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Professor, Environment and Development Sociology, The University of Queensland
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Consultant Neonatologist and Professor of Ethics, University of Oxford
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Research Fellow in Applied Moral Philosophy, University of Oxford
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Senior Research Fellow, Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford
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Associate professor, University of Lagos