Open AccessStanowisko Komitetu Zdrowia Publicznego Polskiej Akademii Nauk w sprawie szczepień przeciw COVID-19
Author(s) -
Cezary Włodarczyk,
Grzegorz Juszczyk,
Tomasz Zdrojewski,
Wojciech Hanke,
Bolesław Samoliński,
Bogdan Wojtyniak
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
zeszyty naukowe ochrony zdrowia, zdrowie publiczne i zarządzanie/zeszyty naukowe ochrony zdrowia, zdrowie publiczne i zarządzanie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2084-2627
pISSN - 1731-7398
DOI - 10.4467/20842627oz.20.021.14138
Subject(s) - pandemic , vaccination , public health , government (linguistics) , obligation , covid-19 , political science , harm , health care , economic growth , public administration , medicine , law , virology , nursing , infectious disease (medical specialty) , economics , linguistics , philosophy , disease , pathology
The Resolution of Public Health Committee Polish Academy of Science on Vaccination against COVID-19Public health community worldwide encouraged by successes of former campaigns have always accepted vaccination as the most effective way to handle infectious diseases pandemics. Even before the outburst of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in many countries mandatory vaccination against many diseases, especially child related had been implemented. From among 193 countries under study in as many as 105 (54%) such obligation existed and in 62 of them (59%) at least one form of punishment or harm for those opposing was involved. Following this sort of available solutions and facing COVID-19 pandemic disaster the authors on behalf of the Public Health Committee of the Polish Academy of Science recommend to the government implementation od mandatory vaccination against COVID-19 for all workers in sectors of health care, education and welfare.