Problem
Enforced vaccination
Other Names:
Compulsory vaccinationEnforced immunization
Denial of right to refuse vaccination
Vaccine mandates
Incidence:
Pneumococcal vaccine reduces only four cases of pneumonia per 1000 children. The cost for vaccinating 1000 children comes to $ 12,750. Treating the four cases of pneumonia in India using WHO protocol, would cost $1. The pneumococcus strains prevalent in India are nearly all sensitive to inexpensive antibiotics like penicillin. In the US which has been using the pneumococcal vaccine for some years now, there has been a strain shift – strains covered in the vaccine are being replaced by other strains. Ominously the new strains are more antibiotic resistant. Vaccine has simply made the problem of pneumococcal disease worse. Yet this vaccine is being pushed in Africa and Asia.
Broader Problems:
Compulsory health careMass medicationSubordination of the individual to the medical interests of the collective Narrower Problems:
Ineffective inoculation for viral diseases Aggravates:
Risks of immunizationIrrational conscientious refusal of medical interventionShinglesVaccine hesitancy Subject(s):
Law → Law enforcementMedicine → Physiology
Societal Problems → Deprivation
Societal Problems → Epidemics
Societal Problems → Waste
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
E: Emanations of other problems Date of last update
14.05.2022 – 13:02 CEST