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> Of the 3,222 participants (response rate 50.5%) and after adjustment, 64.5% agreed with the extension of mandatory vaccines. It was considered a necessary ste

by nanis 5y ago

> Of the 3,222 participants (response rate 50.5%) and after adjustment, 64.5% agreed with the extension of mandatory vaccines. It was considered a necessary step by 68.7% of the study population, while 33.8% considered it unsafe for children and 56.9% saw it as authoritarian. Factors associated with a positive opinion about the extension of mandatory vaccines were components of the confidence, complacency and convenience dimensions of the ‘3Cs’ model. ... > data collected in the cohort GrippeNet.fr, a web-based participative study conducted in France since 2012 > had participated in 2016/17 or 2017/18 GrippeNet.fr seasons by filling in at least one questionnaire on weekly clinical symptoms. > This work is a cross-sectional, self-administered study and the global response rate of 50.5% may have induced a selection bias between respondents and non-respondents; in particular, participants might be more sensitive to health issues or more interested in the vaccination topic than non-respondents. ... > The over-representation of vaccinated individuals in the sample is a critical point in the evaluation of the population’s opinion on vaccination policy. It seems like the French study did not reveal much other than the fact that 1,861 people out of the 3,222 participants thought this was an "authoritarian measure" despite their predisposition to like it. Now, the vaccines in question are well-established preventive measures against deadly childhood diseases: > Until 2018, French vaccination policy was characterised by the coexistence of recommended and mandatory vaccinations. For newborns, measles-mumps-rubella (MMR), pertussis, pneumococcus, HBV, meningitis C and Haemophilus influenzae vaccinations were recommended, whereas diphtheria, tetanus and poliomyelitis (DT-polio) vaccinations were mandatory. in which case I am more shocked by the fact that opposition to making them mandatory was so significant in this sample. [1]: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6593904/table/t3/?report=objectonly https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6593904/table/t...

eesmith 5y ago
I interpreted "thorny" in the original editorial as suggesting it might be medically unethical to give a vaccine to children whose parents disagreed. Not the more generic observation that some people will protest against the government telling them what to do so the government will have to have a response in place. If the latter, there's also the "thorny" authoritarian forced duty UK parents have to educate their children, by sending them to school, home education, or something else, and if the home education is not found suitable, the child can be forced to attend the local school. I think mandatory education of children is an authoritarian measure, and I support it. I think mandatory vaccination of children for some cases, even contrary to what the parents wish, is also both authoritarian and yet not medically unethical. I'm going on the definition "authoritarian: demanding that people obey completely and refusing to allow them freedom to act as they wish" at https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/authoritarian https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/authorit... as I think that's what most people mean in a survey like this. Other definitions include "favoring blind submission to authority" or "relating to, or favoring a concentration of power in a leader or an elite not constitutionally responsible to the people" at https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/authoritarian https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/authoritarian but those don't seem appropriate.

by nanis 5y ago

eesmith 5y ago

I interpreted "thorny" in the original editorial as suggesting it might be medically unethical to give a vaccine to children whose parents disagreed. Not the more generic observation that some people will protest against the government telling them what to do so the government will have to have a response in place. If the latter, there's also the "thorny" authoritarian forced duty UK parents have to educate their children, by sending them to school, home education, or something else, and if the home education is not found suitable, the child can be forced to attend the local school. I think mandatory education of children is an authoritarian measure, and I support it. I think mandatory vaccination of children for some cases, even contrary to what the parents wish, is also both authoritarian and yet not medically unethical. I'm going on the definition "authoritarian: demanding that people obey completely and refusing to allow them freedom to act as they wish" at https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/authoritarian https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/authorit... as I think that's what most people mean in a survey like this. Other definitions include "favoring blind submission to authority" or "relating to, or favoring a concentration of power in a leader or an elite not constitutionally responsible to the people" at https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/authoritarian https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/authoritarian but those don't seem appropriate.