Mandatory vaccinations, the segregation of citizens, and the promotion of inequality in the modern democracy of Greece and other democratic countries in the era of COVID-19.

IF 1.6 3区哲学 Q1 HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences Pub Date : 2022-12-07 DOI:10.1007/s40656-022-00548-1

Charalampos Mavridis, Georgios Aidonidis, Marianna Evangelou, Athanasios Kalogeridis

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During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Greek authorities enforced a vaccination mandate for healthcare workers (HCWs). At the same time, multiple concerns were raised about the epidemiological profile of Greece in addition to the ethical status of the harsh measures and their impact on employees, organizations, society, and public health. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), considerations regarding the evidence of vaccine safety and effectiveness, necessity, and proportionality should be clearly evaluated by before imposing mandatory vaccination policies. We discuss the issues regarding the mechanics of the transmission and contraction of SARS-CoV-2, the toxicity of COVID-19 vaccines, and the impact of the suspension of HCWs who did not vaccinate versus the potential expected benefits in addition to whether the vaccine mandates were justified considering the overall epidemiological context.

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在新冠疫情时代，希腊和其他民主国家的现代民主中，强制接种疫苗、隔离公民、助长不平等现象。

在2019冠状病毒病大流行期间，希腊当局强制要求卫生保健工作者(HCWs)接种疫苗。与此同时，除了严厉措施的道德地位及其对雇员、组织、社会和公共卫生的影响外，还对希腊的流行病学状况提出了多重关切。根据世界卫生组织(世卫组织)的说法，在实施强制性疫苗接种政策之前，应明确评估有关疫苗安全性和有效性、必要性和相称性的证据。我们讨论了SARS-CoV-2的传播和收缩机制、COVID-19疫苗的毒性、暂停未接种疫苗的卫生保健工作者的影响与潜在的预期效益，以及考虑到整体流行病学背景，疫苗授权是否合理。

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History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences 综合性期刊-科学史与科学哲学

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期刊介绍： History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences is an interdisciplinary journal committed to providing an integrative approach to understanding the life sciences. It welcomes submissions from historians, philosophers, biologists, physicians, ethicists and scholars in the social studies of science. Contributors are expected to offer broad and interdisciplinary perspectives on the development of biology, biomedicine and related fields, especially as these perspectives illuminate the foundations, development, and/or implications of scientific practices and related developments. Submissions which are collaborative and feature different disciplinary approaches are especially encouraged, as are submissions written by senior and junior scholars (including graduate students).