Trouble with Vaccine Mandates—They Can Backfire, Studies Show Initial communication that COVID-19 vaccines would prevent transmission to vaccinated people contributed to skepticism and confusion once onerous non- pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) were reintroduced in countries with vaccine mandates or passports in late 2021
RFK Jr. : HHS Moves to Restore Public Trust in Vaccines Vaccines have become a divisive issue in American politics, but there is one thing all parties can agree on: The U S faces a crisis of public trust Whether toward health agencies, pharmaceutical companies or vaccines themselves, public confidence is waning Some would try to explain this away by blaming misinformation or antiscience attitudes
COVID-19 vaccine deployment: behaviour, ethics, misinformation and . . . • COVID-19 vaccine deployment faces an infodemic with misinformation often filling the knowledge void, characterised by: (1) distrust of science and selective use of expert authority, (2) distrust in pharmaceutical companies and government, (3) straightforward explanations, (4) use of emotion; and, (5) echo chambers
The rocky road to vaccine equity? Big pharma vs the people In the case of the BioNTech Pfizer vaccine, hundreds of scientists across the world, many of them publicly funded, contributed to the development of the mRNA technology employed, while the German government also gave the company nearly €500 million more to develop the vaccine The German government is also reported to have contacted Twitter
COVID-19 and mandatory vaccination: Ethical considerations and caveats Vaccines are one of the most effective tools for protecting people against COVID-19 Consequently, with COVID-19 vaccination Mandatory vaccination should be considered only if it is necessary for, and proportionate to, the achievement of an important p ublic and particularly on confidence in the scientific community and public trust in
The path to herd immunity: is mandatory vaccination the answer? Here, we discuss the scientific background of vaccination, present frameworks for understanding the arguments for and against mandatory vaccination policies, and highlight data and a case study in support of these arguments within the context of the United States
Discourses of Distrust: How Lack of Trust in the U. S. Health-Care . . . Such attitudes rest on a fundamental distrust in the U S health-care system, signaling a strong relationship between trust in government institutions and vaccine disposition For example, Gina, a low-income black woman in her sixties, said: I don’t trust it They came up with it too quick …
Mandatory vaccination: legal, justified, effective? Do arguments for and against vaccination still hold? And if so, how can, and should, governments and medical authorities respond? Perhaps most important, is mandatory vaccination legal and justified from a human rights perspective, or effective given this new threat to public health?
Evidence does not justify mandatory vaccines - The BMJ We agree with the House of Lords committee that the evidence is insufficient to justify this measure, but the government and Parliament do not appear to be listening and mandatory vaccines for NHS staff looks likely to be passed into law this week