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Herd immunity, vaccination and moral obligation

The public health benefits of herd immunity are often used as the justification for coercive vaccine policies. Yet, ‘herd immunity’ as a term has multiple referents, which can result in ambiguity, including regarding its role in ethical arguments. The term ‘herd immunity’ can refer to (1) the herd i...

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Autores principales: Bullen, Matthew, Heriot, George S, Jamrozik, Euzebiusz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10511978/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37277175
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jme-2022-108485