Matthew Bullen
Biographic Data
| ID | 9596379 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Matthew Bullen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Matthew |
| FAMILY NAME | Bullen |
| SIGNATURE | BULLEN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Box Hill Hospital, Eastern Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1071-5651 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Herd immunity, vaccination and moral obligation
The public health benefits of herd immunity are often used as the justification for coercive vaccine policies. Yet, ‘herd immunity’ as a term has multiple referents, which can result in ambiguity, including regarding its role in ethical arguments. The term ‘herd immunity’ can refer to (1) the herd immunity threshold, at which models predict the decline of an epidemic; (2) the percentage of a population with immunity, whether it exceeds a given th…
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Herd immunity, vaccination and moral obligation
The public health benefits of herd immunity are often used as the justification for coercive vaccine policies. Yet, ‘herd immunity’ as a term has multiple referents, which can result in ambiguity, including regarding its role in ethical arguments. The term ‘herd immunity’ can refer to (1) the herd immunity threshold, at which models predict the decline of an epidemic; (2) the percentage of a population with immunity, whether it exceeds a given th…
Biology (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work) · Ecology (1 work) · Herd (1 work) · Herd immunity (1 work) · Immune system (1 work) · Immunity (1 work) · Immunology (1 work) · Law (1 work) · Moral obligation (1 work)