Abstract
Despite their clearly demonstrated safety and effectiveness, approved vaccines against COVID-19 are commonly mistrusted. Nations should find and implement effective ways to boost vaccine confidence. But the implications for ethical vaccine development are less straightforward than some have assumed. Opponents of COVID-19 vaccine challenge trials, in particular, made speculative or empirically implausible warnings on this matter, some of which, if applied consistently, would have ruled out most COVID-19 vaccine trials and many non-pharmaceutical responses.
| Original language | American English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 278-284 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Journal of Medical Ethics |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - May 20 2022 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Health(social science)
- Issues, ethics and legal aspects
- Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
- Health Policy
Keywords
- COVID-19
- clinical trials
- ethics
- public health ethics
- research ethics