WEBINAR - Fairness and freedom: ethics and COVID-19 vaccinations

Published on March 1, 2021

The COVID-19 vaccines roll outs around the world are bringing up a range of ethical issues. Global Health Security Network will host a webinar to look at three related ethical issues.

  1. Who gets prioritized for the COVID-19 vaccine in a domestic contex, and what those principles mean for public health more generally.
  2. International access and vaccine nationalism.
  3. Policies that either require or ‘merely incentivize’ people to receive a vaccine.

Time: March 4, 2021 8 PM GMT +11

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