Vaccines mandates for healthcare workers may have made sense earlier in the pandemic. But not now.
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In a time-honoured tradition of Canadian democracy, government regulations become public when they appear in the Canada Gazette. That’s why Ottawa’s proposal to bypass that step is so troublesome.
Having exhausted policy tools to convince vaccination holdouts to change their minds, it seems little can be gained from additional vaccine mandates than further weakening social cohesion.
A legal scholar explains what the ruling means for other vaccine mandates and the government’s ability to protect public health.
Can the government mandate vaccines? Canadians have rights to make decisions about vaccination, but these rights are not absolute, and do not mean those decisions will have no consequences.
From tennis players to government officials, double standards in law have big-picture consequences.
The court appears split over the future of vaccination mandates, with conservative justices skeptical of the Biden administration’s authority to enforce requirements.
Through lockdowns, vaccine mandates and the spectre of mass death, the pandemic has uprooted our lives and challenged us to think differently about ethics. What might the future hold?
Bad laws, political tribalism and cancel culture – philosopher Arthur Prior was describing similar things in the 1950s, and his challenge is just as relevant today.
Conversations and debates about vaccine mandates will continue well into next year as policy-makers balance individual freedom and public well-being.
Throughout the pandemic, sporting organisations have proven they can organise large-scale events in a safe and responsible way, without mandated vaccines for athletes.
Angry and even violent rhetoric has been normalised in the echo chambers of online platforms.
The key requirement of any mandate should be that a vaccination certificate be produced for access to high-risk spaces where harm to others could occur.
This is an important victory for employees and unions, acknowledging the importance of genuine and meaningful consultation. It’s not a victory for mandate opponents.
Austria and Greece have introduced vaccine mandates, and Germany is considering it.
Mandates should be considered only when all geographical, financial and cultural access issues have been addressed. They should be a last resort.
What childhood vaccine mandates tell us about their effectiveness at improving uptake.
For a leader with something of a fetish about having things under control, Scott Morrison is in a painful place. Just now, it seems, very little is controllable.
Much of the imagery and language of the marches has been transported directly from far-right groups in the US – and it is posing a serious threat to Australian democracy.
Emotive claims, like COVID vaccination being unethical or coercive, are more likely to be shared on social media. But we can fight back.
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Professor, School of Population Health, UNSW
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Professor, School of Social Sciences, The University of Western Australia
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Associate Professor of Workplace and Business Law, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney
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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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Professor, School of Public Policy and Administration, York University, Canada
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Consultant Neonatologist and Professor of Ethics, University of Oxford
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Professor of Political Science, University of Calgary
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Illinois Chicago
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Director of Research and Policy at The Dor Foundation and Associate Professor of Politics at Deakin University, Deakin University
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Professor, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne
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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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Research Fellow in Applied Moral Philosophy, University of Oxford
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Senior Lecturer in Police Studies, University of Tasmania