Encyclopedia of Opinion
Question
Are vaccines safe?
Position3 of 3

We cannot say whether vaccines are safe

This position frames vaccine safety as uncertain and a matter of parental choice. It argues that parents have a fundamental right to decide their child's welfare, that vaccine-hesitant families are unfairly stigmatised, and that withholding vaccines from some in a trial raises ethical questions.

Supporting arguments · 3

  1. Parents should choose whether to immunise their child
    Compulsory immunisation leads to concerns about freedom of choice and personal autonomy.
  2. Witholding vaccines from some for a trial is unethical
    We cannot know if vaccines are safe because the only way to test it would be through randomized control trials, which are deemed unethical.
  3. Vaccine hesitant parents are alienated by society