An Oxford University Professor of Medical Ethics has said that covid-19 isn’t severe enough to warrant mandatory vaccines at the population level.
Dominic Wilkinson said that the case for compulsory jabs could be made if the country was in the midst of an outbreak of a disease as severe as bubonic plague, but that in his opinion, covid-19 doesn’t pose a threat to our way of life.
Speaking to The Telegraph Professor Wilkinson said:
“If we had an outbreak of a disease that was like the bubonic plague or Ebola, that had devastatingly high mortality, and we had a massive threat to our health system and way of life, I think there would be a strong case for having a vaccine mandate. I’m not convinced that this pandemic is sufficiently severe that it’s ethically proportionate to have compulsory vaccination for the general population.”
Wilkinson is featured in a Telegraph article by the journalist David Cox today. Cox has learned more about the Austrian government’s decision to mandate the jabs for every citizen. He writes:
Over the next two months, the Austrian government will put into place a legal framework for the mandate. According to the latest reports, authorities will first offer an appointment for anyone who has yet to be vaccinated, before penalties of up to 3,600 euros (£3,022) will follow if the offer is rejected.
For those who are already double-vaccinated, there will still be fines of up to 1,500 euros (£1,259), if they refuse to get a booster shot. Exemptions will only be offered to those who are able to prove, via a doctor’s certificate, that they cannot receive a vaccine on medical grounds, such as severe allergies to all currently available vaccines or those who had an adverse reaction to the first dose.
What will become of those who refuse to pay the fines? Prison? Quarantine? Cox doesn’t say, but it’s not rocket science.
