Love Thy Neighbor as Thyself: Vaccination in the Age of COVID-19

SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of COVID-19, represents that latest challenge in the long history of vaccine development and deployment. The pathway out of the current pandemic due to this virus requires a sufficient number of the population developing immune resistance such that herd immunity resul...

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Main Author: Hewlett, Martinez J. 1942- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge 2020
In: Theology and science
Year: 2020, Volume: 18, Issue: 3, Pages: 349-351
RelBib Classification:NCC Social ethics
NCH Medical ethics
TK Recent history
Further subjects:B herd immunity
B Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus 2
B Covid-19
B Vaccination
B vaccine hesitance
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Summary:SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of COVID-19, represents that latest challenge in the long history of vaccine development and deployment. The pathway out of the current pandemic due to this virus requires a sufficient number of the population developing immune resistance such that herd immunity results. Finding a safe and efficacious vaccine is the most compassionate route of exit, compared to natural infection leading to unwanted fatalities of the most susceptible. As a result, vaccine acceptance might be looked on as one form of obeying the Second Great Commandment: Love thy neighbor as thyself.
ISSN:1474-6719
Contains:Enthalten in: Theology and science
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/14746700.2020.1786212