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11School staff as vaccine advocates: Perspectives on vaccine mandates and the student registration processVaccine 41 (5): 1169-1175. 2023.Recently, several states in the US have made it more difficult to receive nonmedical exemptions to school vaccine mandates in the hope of better orienting parents towards vaccination. However, little is known about how public-facing school staff implement and enforce mandate policies, including why or how often they steer parents towards nonmedical exemptions. This study focused on Michigan, which has recently added an additional burden for families seeking nonmedical exemptions. We used an anon…Read more
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265The Benefits of Experience Greatly Exceed the LiabilitiesAmerican Journal of Bioethics 23 (1): 44-46. 2023.Nelson et al.(2023) argue that the inclusion of personal experience in bioethical debates has significant benefits and liabilities, illustrating their claim with two examples: unproven medical treatments and disability bioethics. We believe that the benefits of including personal experience in disability bioethics far exceed its liabilities. The absence of participants with relevant experience impoverishes and biases bioethical debates, while the biases risked by their inclusion are hardly uniqu…Read more
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34Vaccine Refusal Is Still Not Free RidingErasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics 14 (2). 2022.In a recent article, "Can One Both Contribute to and Benefit from Herd Immunity?", Lucie White argues that vaccine refusal is more like free riding than we have claimed that it is. Here, we critically reply to White’s arguments.
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24Vaccine Refusal Is Not Free RidingErasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics 14 (1). 2021.Vaccine refusal is not a free rider problem. The claim that vaccine refusers are free riders is inconsistent with the beliefs and motivations of most vaccine refusers. This claim also inaccurately depicts the relationship between an individual’s immunization choice, their ability to enjoy the benefits of community protection, and the costs and benefits that individuals experience from immunization and community protection. Modeling vaccine refusers as free riders also likely distorts the ethical…Read more
Ethan Bradley
National Institutes of Health
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National Institutes of HealthOther
Bethesda, MD, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
The Concept of Disability |
Autism |
Vaccines |