Panelists:
Lawrence O. Gostin, JD, University Professor, Georgetown University
Walter Olson, senior fellow at the Cato Institute’s Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies
Amy L. Fairchild, PhD, MPH, Dean and Professor, College of Public Health at The Ohio State University
Francesca Rossi, PhD, IBM Artificial Intelligence (AI) Ethics Global Leader and an IBM fellow
Abstract: Although roughly 60% of adults in the United States have had at least one COVID vaccine shot, many Americans remain reluctant, or outright opposed, to getting vaccinated. This hesitancy poses a major hurdle to achieving herd immunity. Therefore, some experts recommend vaccine mandates, yet many states have passed legislation outlawing mandates or vaccine certification, so-called vaccine passports. This panel will address questions such as: Should we support mandates, and for whom? If so, who should require them—employers, schools, state governments? Can vaccine certification be designed to be fair and privacy-protecting? Will state prohibitions against them hold up legally?
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Sponsored by The Hastings Center
Location and Address
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