Major public and private laboratories have entered into a race to find an effective COVID-19 vaccine. When that vaccine arrives, the governments will have to implement vaccination programs to achieve the necessary immunization levels to prevent the disease transmission. In this context, the ethical dilemma of compulsory vaccination vs. voluntary vaccination will be raised. Underlying this dilemma, lies the problem of the ethical models on which the political decisions of governments in matters of health are based. The article proposes and argues the need to base health policy decisions on an ethical «first person» model, based on responsibility, that allows us to move from a normative ethic to an ethic of responsible behavior. This change in the ethical model, together with certain proposals for political action, will help us to restore institutional trust so that the necessary levels of collective immunity against COVID-19 can be achieved through the voluntary vaccination of the citizens.

Gonzalez-Melado, F. J., Di Pietro, M. L., The vaccine against COVID-19 and institutional trust, <<ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS Y MICROBIOLOGIA CLINICA>>, 2020; 2020 (September): 1-6. [doi:10.1016/j.eimc.2020.08.001] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/166135]

The vaccine against COVID-19 and institutional trust

Di Pietro, Maria Luisa
2020

Abstract

Major public and private laboratories have entered into a race to find an effective COVID-19 vaccine. When that vaccine arrives, the governments will have to implement vaccination programs to achieve the necessary immunization levels to prevent the disease transmission. In this context, the ethical dilemma of compulsory vaccination vs. voluntary vaccination will be raised. Underlying this dilemma, lies the problem of the ethical models on which the political decisions of governments in matters of health are based. The article proposes and argues the need to base health policy decisions on an ethical «first person» model, based on responsibility, that allows us to move from a normative ethic to an ethic of responsible behavior. This change in the ethical model, together with certain proposals for political action, will help us to restore institutional trust so that the necessary levels of collective immunity against COVID-19 can be achieved through the voluntary vaccination of the citizens.
2020
Spagnolo
Gonzalez-Melado, F. J., Di Pietro, M. L., The vaccine against COVID-19 and institutional trust, <<ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS Y MICROBIOLOGIA CLINICA>>, 2020; 2020 (September): 1-6. [doi:10.1016/j.eimc.2020.08.001] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/166135]
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