February Ethics Grand Rounds [In-person]

Tuesday, February 17, 1:00pm - 2:00pm (EST)

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Join us for Ethics Grand Rounds of February 17th with James Colgrove, PhD, MPH for a discussion of vaccines and pediatric ethics in conversation with Division of Ethics Faculty Maya Sabatello, LLB, PhD. This event will take place at CUIMC's Vagelos Education Center in room 903.

School vaccination laws, a cornerstone of the U.S. public health system, are under attack in courtrooms and statehouses around the country. These attacks come in the wake of a backlash against laws requiring adult COVID vaccination, amid a rise in vaccine disinformation and hesitancy. This talk will examine the ethical and political debates over the permissibility of mandatory school vaccination. Questions at the heart of these debates include: What is the ethical justification for requiring children to be vaccinated as a condition of their attending school? What provisions, if any, should exist to allow parents to exempt their children from these requirements?

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