COVID-19 pandemic after the vaccine: the importance of continuing to implement basic primary prevention

Cioffi, Andrea

doi:10.1590/0102-311x00003621

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“…The first issue is the absence of a certain advantage of vaccination for collective health: as is now known, the vaccine does not prevent the subject from contracting the virus and, therefore, transmitting it to the community. 11,12 On the contrary, the possibility of contagion has increased in this phase of the pandemic because primary prevention strategies (use of masks, social distancing, etc.) are gradually being relaxed and the vaccines available today are not highly effective against all new All citizens have equal social dignity and are equal before the law, without distinction of sex, race, language, religion, political opinion, personal and social conditions.…”

Section: Risk/benefit Ratio For Compulsory Vaccinationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Compulsory vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 in health care professionals in Italy: Bioethical-legal issues

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Cecannecchia

2022

Med Sci Law

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On 17 March 2022, the Italian Council of Ministers, by means of Press Release No. 67, sanctioned the extension of the vaccine obligation against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) for health workers until 31 December 2022. Healthcare workers who do not demonstrate that they have adequate vaccination coverage will be suspended from work and will not be paid. Recently, the Council of Administrative Justice of Sicily has identified possible contrasts between the vaccine obligation of health professionals and numerous constitutional principles, paving the way for an interesting bioethical-legal debate on the subject. The aim of this article is to examine the possible profiles of unconstitutionality of the measure of the Italian Government and to identify medico-legal and bioethical issues potentially related to the vaccine obligation for health professionals in a context of resolution of the emergency phase related to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

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Section: Risk/benefit Ratio For Compulsory Vaccinationmentioning

confidence: 99%