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Can governments mandate a COVID vaccination? – University News: The University of Western Australia
Dr Fiona McGaughey at UWA’s Law School discusses if a COVID-19 vaccine will become mandatory.
This article, by Dr Fiona McGaughey and Dr Marco Rizzi from UWA’s Law School and Amy Maguire from the University of Newcastle, originally appeared in The Conversation. It was published on Monday 30 November 2020.
Earlier in 2020, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said he expected the COVID-19 vaccine to be mandatory. He later backtracked, noting the government “can’t hold someone down and make them take it”.
But should it be able to mandate vaccination in the interests of public health?
Some argue mandatory…
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