Policy considerations for mandatory COVID‐19 vaccination from the Collaboration on Social Science and Immunisation

Factors Influencing Australian Healthcare Workers’ COVID-19 Vaccine Intentions across Settings: A Cross-Sectional Survey

“…Vaccine mandates are a potentially powerful tool to increase vaccine uptake, but key criteria should be met before implementation [34]. In particular, safe and effective vaccines must be easily accessible, culturally appropriate information and education should be provided, and less restrictive measures should be tried first [34]. While many participants supported the idea of vaccine mandates at the time of our study, other studies overseas [8,35,36] have identified resistance to these policies among healthcare workers.…”

“…Half of HCWs (50%) were supportive of a vaccine requirement for all HCWs, and nearly a quarter of those who did not plan to get the vaccine said they would if their employer required it. Vaccine mandates are a potentially powerful tool to increase vaccine uptake, but key criteria should be met before implementation [34]. In particular, safe and effective vaccines must be easily accessible, culturally appropriate information and education should be provided, and less restrictive measures should be tried first [34].…”

Between persuasion and compulsion: The case of COVID-19 vaccination in Canada

“…As highlighted by the Collaboration on Social Science and Immunisation: “ Before a mandate is introduced, there should be sufficient time for voluntary acceptance. Non‐coercive measures targeting known causes of low vaccination should be exhausted (e.g., on‐site vaccination, reminders and incentives), in concert with efforts made to understand and address other context specific barriers using available tools ” [50] .…”

COVID ‐19 vaccines, boosters and mandates: building a mission economy, not a rentier paradise

“…Vaccine mandates raise a range of profound legal and human rights questions, but these controversial debates will not be pursued here. 24 From an economic perspective, however, we find ourselves in a situation of potentially open‐ended clinical need for vaccine boosters, which might become amplified by state‐enforced, mandatory requirements for repeated vaccination for large populations in some jurisdictions, while low income countries still struggle to make meaningful progress towards initial vaccination. This particular combination of circumstances sets up something of a worst‐case scenario for rent extraction.…”

“…Vaccine mandates (ie, mandatory vaccination requirements to allow participation in employment or other social and economic activities) introduce a level of compulsion to the demand for vaccines which is rarely encountered in other medical interventions. Vaccine mandates raise a range of profound legal and human rights questions, but these controversial debates will not be pursued here 24 . From an economic perspective, however, we find ourselves in a situation of potentially open‐ended clinical need for vaccine boosters, which might become amplified by state‐enforced, mandatory requirements for repeated vaccination for large populations in some jurisdictions, while low income countries still struggle to make meaningful progress towards initial vaccination.…”