3 reasons for making Covid-19 vaccination mandatory for children
India TodayOn May 5, Health Canada approved a Covid-19 vaccine for use in children aged 12-15 years. Covid-19 presents a substantial risk of harm — including long-term health complications such as organ damage, long Covid, or multisystem inflammatory syndrome and death — to at least some proportion of children. If the Covid-19 vaccine is as safe and effective as other standard childhood vaccinations, it would provide parents and guardians with an easy, low-cost way to avoid exposing their children to an infection that may cause them serious harm or death. Risk of harm to others Argument two: If by vaccinating their children, parents and guardians can avoid imposing significant risk of harm and death on others in an easy, low-cost way, they ought to vaccinate their children. A safe, effective Covid-19 vaccine would provide parents and guardians with an easy, low-cost way to avoid imposing the significant risk of harm or death associated with Covid-19 on others.