COVID vaccine coming

“Not until they disclose exactly what is in it and it has been tested for a few years.”

“I’m not sure…. I have other health issues, but I’m not really willing to go blindly and get it. I’ve never had a flu shot.”

While others said:

“Definitely, yes. I don’t understand why so many people are afraid of vaccines. What is the fear?”

“Yes. I have bad asthma so if I were to get the virus I would most likely die from it.”

Dr. Alex Laudensach is an expert in the field of bioethics for the University of Northern BC. He has doubts the COVID-19 virus will be what drives governments to make the vaccine mandatory.

“I don’t see it anytime soon. Especially in a society like in Canada. We place great importance on individual freedoms and liberty. In this kind of situation, we tend to trust more the bottom-up management of a disease like this, rather than a top-down.”

Precedent has been set, though, at a micro-level. A year ago, with an outbreak measles, schools were requiring students to prove vaccination before registering for school and hospital workers are required to get the flu shot or wear a mask.

The issue is so controversial, though, that Dr. Laudensach and others in the field of bioethics will be publishing a book this summer, looking at how health security can impact human security.

by Cheryl Jahn

COVID vaccine coming

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