Vaccine passports and health disparities: a perilous journey
| Autor: | Nancy S. Jecker |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
COVID-19 Vaccines
Health (social science) education Racial profiling Public administration Safeguarding 01 natural sciences 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Political science Global health Humans 030212 general & internal medicine 0101 mathematics health care economics and organizations Equity (economics) Health Policy Conscientious objector Vaccination 010102 general mathematics COVID-19 Flexibility (personality) Dissent and Disputes Health equity Issues ethics and legal aspects Privacy |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Medical Ethics. 48:957-960 |
| ISSN: | 1473-4257 0306-6800 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/medethics-2021-107491 |
| Popis: | This paper raises health equity concerns about the use of passports for domestic and international travel to certify COVID-19 vaccination. Part I argues that for international travel, health equity objections undercut arguments defending vaccine passports, which are based on tholding people responsible, protecting global health, safeguarding individual liberty and continuing current practice. Part II entertains a proposal for a scaled down vaccine passport for domestic use in countries where vaccines are widely and equitably available. It raises health equity concerns related to racial profiling and fairness to people who are vaccine cautious. Part III sets forth a proposal for a flexible pass that certifies people who have been vaccinated, tested, previously infected or granted a conscientious objection. It sets ethical guidelines for the timing and use of flexible passes that promote equity, public health education, antidiscrimination, privacy and flexibility. |
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