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Abbasi M, Miralaee N, Abbasian L, Fasih Ramandi M. Mandatory Vaccination of Covid-19 and the Challenges of the Right to Public Health. MLJ 2022; 16 (57) :925-933
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1- Medical Ethics and Law Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2- Department of Infectious Diseases, Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
3- Research Institute of Culture, Art and Communication, Tehran, Iran
2- Department of Infectious Diseases, Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
3- Research Institute of Culture, Art and Communication, Tehran, Iran
Abstract:
Background and Aim: The Covid-19 epidemic has exacted considerable economic and non-economic tolls on human societies all over the world. Discovery of various vaccines, however, has, to some extent, curbed the disease, putting an end to unrestrained deaths. Nevertheless, vaccination as the method used to break the chain of infection, has also come in for criticisms. According to medical ethics and the legal systems, all medical interventions, whether therapeutic or preventive, require the informed consent of subjects. On the other hand, protection of public health is a fundamental duty assigned to governments with respect to human rights and other domestic and international laws, making it impossible for them to adopt a passive attitude towards refusal of individuals to get vaccinated. Moreover, Adoption of a careless attitude towards this disease endangers the public health of the society. Therefore, in the present study, attempts are made to investigate the legal and practical performance of different countries in relation to this disease and vaccination and thereby discover an effective approach to control and confront this disease with respect to state requirements.
Method: This research is of a theoretical type with a descriptive-analytical method, and its information has been collected using a document library method.
Ethical Considerations: In all stages of writing this research, honesty and trustworthiness have been observed.
Results: In emergency state and epidemics such as disease, government interventions are vital for the protection of public health. The issue of collective health is exempted from the illegality of restricting individual freedoms.
Conclusion: The duties of the governments in the right to the health of the society are excluded from the illegality of restricting individual freedoms, and the governments can, by enacting laws and regulations, while limiting the freedoms of individuals, force them to comply with health requirements and inject vaccines in order to break the chain of transmission of the Covid-19 virus and maintain protect the health of others and respect human rights.
Method: This research is of a theoretical type with a descriptive-analytical method, and its information has been collected using a document library method.
Ethical Considerations: In all stages of writing this research, honesty and trustworthiness have been observed.
Results: In emergency state and epidemics such as disease, government interventions are vital for the protection of public health. The issue of collective health is exempted from the illegality of restricting individual freedoms.
Conclusion: The duties of the governments in the right to the health of the society are excluded from the illegality of restricting individual freedoms, and the governments can, by enacting laws and regulations, while limiting the freedoms of individuals, force them to comply with health requirements and inject vaccines in order to break the chain of transmission of the Covid-19 virus and maintain protect the health of others and respect human rights.
Type of Study: Original Article |
Received: 2022/06/24 | Accepted: 2022/11/18
Received: 2022/06/24 | Accepted: 2022/11/18
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