Lead Author: Bardosh et al.
Original date of publication: 01/23/2024
Link: https://jme.bmj.com/content/50/2/126
Summary Context
This study critiques the appropriateness of requiring mRNA boosters in young people to attend college.
Comments
This study outlines the clear issues with mandating vaccination and boosters for schooling, in ethical and scientific terms.
Abstract or Results, Key Passages
“University booster mandates are unethical because they: (1) are not based on an updated (Omicron era) stratified risk-benefit assessment for this age group; (2) may result in a net harm to healthy young adults; (3) are not proportionate: expected harms are not outweighed by public health benefits given modest and transient effectiveness of vaccines against transmission; (4) violate the reciprocity principle because serious vaccine-related harms are not reliably compensated due to gaps in vaccine injury schemes; and (5) may result in wider social harms. “
Keywords: adverse eventsboostersCivil Rights. Coercioncovid vaccinationEpidemiologyEthicsmyocarditisrisk
Full Author List: Kevin Bardosh , Allison Krug, Euzebiusz Jamrozik, Trudo Lemmens 5, Salmaan Keshavjee, Vinay Prasad, Marty A Makary, Stefan Baral, Tracy Beth Høeg
