Introduction
The COVID-19 pandemic has made people desperate for choices in terms of taking the vaccine or assuming it. The global outlook has devised modes of advocating for its population to take the vaccine. Some governments have taken the initiative to ensure their citizens are left with no choice against taking the vaccine. The vaccination will enable countries affected by the pandemic to have a reduced number of deaths (Bhargava & Doshi, 2021).
The introduction of mandatory vaccination is morally upright because it saves people from death emanating from the deadly virus. Citizens should be immunized to ensure they boost their thrill to fight the virus. Every citizen should be their neighbor’s keepers to ensure the next generation is kept safe. The ideology of not having the vaccine puts pressure on people who need an ambient condition where they can focus on their daily ventures. Whenever a person gets vaccinated, they enable the economy to open up and pave daily activities.
Support for Mandatory Vaccination
There has been massive support for mandatory vaccination as compared to those opposing the opinion. The jurisdiction of COVID-19 vaccination is a mode of self-realignment that every citizen should take with seriousness. Giannouchos et al. (2021) posit that it is fundamental for the globe to retain anyone’s right to live. Anybody that declines to take the vaccine poses a community challenge of establishing a weak link for the infection to start affecting people.
For instance, in Greece, its population showed overwhelming support of up to 74% for forced inoculation of coronavirus vaccine (Giubilini, 2021). By default, the government is a representation of the goodwill of the people. Whenever they come up with policies, it is for the goodness of the population. Having a community outreach within Greece is a show of support for the vaccination program. Some have gone to the extent of convincing people that do not want to be vaccinated to take the jab.
Mandatory vaccination is becoming a popular initiative to ensure people take the right direction. Every citizen is on the verge of ensuring their country achieves herd immunity through compulsory vaccination. As much as there is a lower approval rate for vaccine intake, it does not mean that it is challenging to draw public benefit from vaccination. For the global population to attain herd immunity is through voluntary vaccination. Many people live in a world of fallacy because they follow the slightest rumors that can misguide others making the vaccination process a menace (Giubilini, 2021). The moral obligation of undergoing the vaccination process is to enable people to have coercive measures during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The benefits of having coercive vaccination outweigh the disadvantages that can put a population at equilibrium. Guibilini posits that measles and polio vaccination data enables the globe to kick out the effect of such diseases. This has enabled the world to enjoy low infection rates of measles and polio. If the same is done to the COVID-19 pandemic, it will allow people to stop the infection with the chance of eradicating it (Bhargava & Doshi, 2021).
It is fundamental for countries to employ better coercion techniques to enable the vaccination process to center. Rasheed (2021) notates that compulsory vaccination is justified because it protects the population against the pandemic. Anyone has the right to informed consent, but when the pandemic affects everyone, their right is not absolute. The realism behind mandatory vaccination is vectored by the fact that there is a big difference between fidelity to human rights and forced vaccination.
Ethics against Mandatory Support
The code of ethics has been put in the weight balance by encouraging mandatory vaccination. According to Vickers (2019), the government should respect people’s rights to informed consent. There is no good in supporting the majority while ignoring the rights of the minority. Vickers (2019), being against the mandatory vaccination process, insinuates that the government has a moral obligation to consider coercion of accelerating policy approvals that affect human rights. Everyone has the right to be respected and heard, for respect to be paramount. Bhargave and Doshi (2021) state that forced vaccination has the strength to divide society. Therefore, implementing mandatory vaccination will lead to societal segregation and change in population idealism. When the community is divided, government leaders affect the economy because workplace ethics and other economic hubs will have difficulty managing people affected with differential idealism.
Conclusion
The general ideology that is dividing people is whether mandatory vaccination gives them the benefits they should get. Everyone is entitled to their outlook, but there must be a governing directive when it comes to health matters. As much as everyone has the right to choose, they should realize everyone has the right to live. Even cultural affiliations do not determine the medical analogy of any given vicinity. Ethics dictate that being alive is the ultimate course that every individual should advocate.
If taking the vaccine is the way, people should be willing to take the jab for humanity to positivity. The economy is crippling because some people think taking the vaccination is a bad idea. However, when the economy is down, both vaccinated and unvaccinated are affected. Both of them face the danger of dying of hunger even before the virus reaches them. It is the initiative of everyone to ensure they get vaccinated for the world to return to its normal operations.
References
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