Legal Underpinnings of the Great Vaccine Debate of 2025

2025/01/01 by James G. Hodge · 1 voice
Health Professions · Medicine · Social Sciences · #Child and Adolescent Health #Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare #Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy

paper · pdf · doi:10.1017/jme.2025.51

openalex publication_date 2025/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21

Abstract

Multiple factors aligning in 2025 implicate challenges to vaccines as a primary public health intervention. Anti-vaccine proponents seek to recast immunization policies in promotion of perceived individual liberties. Recalibrating national vaccine approaches, however, runs counter to long-standing public health laws and policies grounded in a core truth: safe and effective vaccines save lives.

Citations

• Contribution of vaccination to improved survival and health: modelling 50 years of the Expanded Programme on Immunization

Discussions

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