The Chair of the Bioethics Commission of Austria is considering vaccine mandates for other diseases in addition to Covid-19.
Christiane Druml said that mandatory vaccination against diseases such as measles, whooping cough or the flu should be considered.
“The Covid-19 vaccination requirement could be the starting signal for a new attempt to better protect people against unnecessary diseases such as measles, whooping cough or influenza – also by means of vaccination requirements,” she said.
“There is definitely a social interest in avoiding unnecessary flu outbreaks.”
She added that the pharmaceutical industry is already working on a two-in-one Covid-19 and flu vaccine.
Moderna hopes to market a combined booster vaccination for coronavirus, influenza and RSV — a common respiratory virus — as soon as the fall of 2023, its CEO has announced. https://t.co/5T6FDi4cER
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The World Health Organisation previously said that while there is a place for governments imposing legal vaccine mandates on their citizens, these should be used as a “last resort,” after the state has “reached out” to people.
The World Health Organisation has told governments not to force their citizens to receive the vaccine – unless they've tried other strategies first. How sound of them, says @Ben_Scallan.#gripthttps://t.co/LlSFOEmgDx
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