An inquiry into alleged COVID-19 vaccine injuries fails to weigh the ethics and risks of Canada’s response

By Kari Pahlman, Research Fellow, Sydney Health Ethics, University of Sydney
Diego S. Silva, Senior Lecturer, Sydney Health Ethics, Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney
Maxwell J. Smith, Associate Professor, CIHR Applied Public Health Chair, and Director, Centre for Bioethics, Western University

Assessing the legitimacy of Canada’s COVID-19 vaccination efforts should include the values at stake, reasonable trade-offs, and what governments can ethically justify in the name of public health.

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