Love Thy Neighbor as Thyself: Vaccination in the Age of COVID-19

SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of COVID-19, represents that latest challenge in the long history of vaccine development and deployment. The pathway out of the current pandemic due to this virus requires a sufficient number of the population developing immune resistance such that herd immunity resul...

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Главный автор: Hewlett, Martinez J. 1942- (Автор)
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Язык:Английский
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Опубликовано: Routledge 2020
В: Theology and science
Год: 2020, Том: 18, Выпуск: 3, Страницы: 349-351
Индексация IxTheo:NCC Социальная этика
NCH Медицинская этика
TK Новейшее время
Другие ключевые слова:B herd immunity
B SARS-CoV-2
B Covid-19
B Vaccination
B vaccine hesitance
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Итог:SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of COVID-19, represents that latest challenge in the long history of vaccine development and deployment. The pathway out of the current pandemic due to this virus requires a sufficient number of the population developing immune resistance such that herd immunity results. Finding a safe and efficacious vaccine is the most compassionate route of exit, compared to natural infection leading to unwanted fatalities of the most susceptible. As a result, vaccine acceptance might be looked on as one form of obeying the Second Great Commandment: Love thy neighbor as thyself.
ISSN:1474-6719
Второстепенные работы:Enthalten in: Theology and science
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/14746700.2020.1786212