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episode 41. Coronavirus: Britons should be paid to take COVID-19 vaccine, says Oxford professor
Coronavirus: Britons should be paid to take COVID-19 vaccine, says Oxford professor
People should be paid to have a COVID-19 jab so the country reaches herd immunity as quickly as possible, a leading ethicist has suggested.
Professor Julian Savulescu from the University of Oxford said incentives would help to overcome rising vaccine hesitancy due to perceived safety concerns.
People could either be given a financial inducement to have the jab or they could be paid in kind, perhaps foregoing the need to wear a facemask in public, he writes in the Journal of Medical Ethics.
"The advantage of payment for risk is that people are choosing voluntarily to take it on," he says.
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By SlipperzCoronavirus: Britons should be paid to take COVID-19 vaccine, says Oxford professor
People should be paid to have a COVID-19 jab so the country reaches herd immunity as quickly as possible, a leading ethicist has suggested.
Professor Julian Savulescu from the University of Oxford said incentives would help to overcome rising vaccine hesitancy due to perceived safety concerns.
People could either be given a financial inducement to have the jab or they could be paid in kind, perhaps foregoing the need to wear a facemask in public, he writes in the Journal of Medical Ethics.
"The advantage of payment for risk is that people are choosing voluntarily to take it on," he says.
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