1. Does compulsory vaccination limit personal freedom? Ethical issues
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Claudia Casella, Riccardo Scotto, Salvatore Nappa, Nicola Schiano Moriello, Faiz Ur Rehman Saleem, Emanuele Capasso, Ivan Gentile, Guglielmo Borgia, Vincenzo Graziano, Antonio Riccardo Buonomo, Mariano Paternoster, Paternoster, M., Scotto, R., Saleem, F. U. R., Buonomo, A. R., Moriello, N. S., Casella, C., Capasso, E., Nappa, S., Gentile, I., Borgia, G., and Graziano, V.
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Government ,Ethical issues ,Human rights ,business.industry ,infectious disease ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Vaccination ,General Medicine ,Law ,Medicine ,epidemiology ,Disease prevention ,Limit (mathematics) ,Personal freedom ,business ,Medical ethics ,media_common - Abstract
Background Despite vaccinations are scientifically proven to be safe and effective public controversies limit their application in many countries. Aims Aim of this review is to provide an overview of biological effects of vaccination and a picture of the ethical dilemmas about compulsory vaccination. Methods We conducted a review on the literature about the subject. Recent news were also included. Results Vaccines are the best weapon against many infectious diseases. The spread of false beliefs among people have led the government authorities to increase compulsory vaccination in order to embank new outbreaks of preventable infectious diseases. Conclusion Even if compulsory is quite drastic approach it could be the on only way to reach an adequate coverage and protect immunoexpressed subjects.
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- 2018