Catholic Social Teaching and the Duty to Vaccinate
Catholic Social Teaching and the Duty to Vaccinate
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DOI：
10.1080/15265161.2017.1284914
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发表时间：
2017-01-01
影响因子：
13.4
通讯作者：
Flood, Anthony T.
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作者：
Carson, Paul J.;Flood, Anthony T.
自上个世纪以来，疫苗接种一直是我们拥有的预防和消除疾病的最重要工具之一。然而，疫苗接种的巨大收益现在受到基于各种担忧或反对意见的日益犹豫的威胁。一些选择不接种疫苗的家庭的地理聚集导致了一些广为宣传的疫苗可预防疾病的爆发。值得注意的是，其中一些疫情集中在一些基督教宗教团体中，由于道德问题、对安全的恐惧或对疫苗必要性的怀疑，这些团体越来越多地避免接种疫苗。我们从天主教社会教育的角度讨论为什么接种疫苗是一种道德责任。
Since the last century, vaccination has been one of the most important tools we possess for the prevention and elimination of disease. Yet the tremendous gains from vaccination are now threatened by a growing hesitance to vaccinate based on a variety of concerns or objections. Geographic clustering of some families who choose not to vaccinate has led to a number of wellpublicized outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases. Of note is that some of these outbreaks are centered within some Christian religious groups that increasingly avoid vaccination due to moral concerns, fears about safety, or doubts about the necessity of vaccines. We argue from the perspective of Catholic social teaching on why there is a moral duty to vaccinate.