臺大公衛學院為加強宣導本院教師之學術成果，進而提升本院國際能見度，由葉明叡老師之撰寫以下列文章投稿至ASPPH Friday Letter.
該文目前已刊登於ASPPH Friday Letter, March 11, 2022
篇名：
Solidarity in Pandemics, Mandatory Vaccination, and Public Health Ethics
發表文章：Solidarity in Pandemics, Mandatory Vaccination, and Public Health Ethics
作者：本所葉明叡老師 (第一作者)
期刊名稱：American Journal of Public Health
發表日期：2022.02.01
Abstract
Mandatory vaccination has been a highly disputed policy for tackling infectious diseases. Here I argue that a universal mandatory vaccination policy for the general public against the COVID-19 pandemic is ethically preferable when grounded in the concept of solidarity, which is defined by Barbara Prainsack and Alena Buyx as an enacted commitment to a relevant respect recognized by a group of individuals with equal moral status. This approach is complementary to utilitarian accounts and could better address other reasonable oppositions to mandatory vaccination.
From a solidaristic account, the recognized relevant respect is to end the COVID-19 pandemic as soon as possible. This group of individuals would be willing to carry costs to assist each other in this respect, and a mandatory vaccination policy could be their institutionalized mutual assistance. The costs to be carried include both the financial costs of vaccination and the health costs stemming from potential adverse events and scientific uncertainties.
The proposed social health insurance similarity test suggests the degree of coercion the mandatory vaccination policy could undertake within each state’s specific legal and judicial context.
(Am J Public Health. 2022;112(2):255–261. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2021.306578)
