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Emaz/VIEWpress Travis N. Rieder is director of the master of bioethics degree program at Johns Hopkins University. He says that although there are overwhelming reasons to get vaccinated, it s not a moral obligation. Rieder believes the best way to achieve herd immunity is to encourage rather than demand people get vaccinated. With the news that all US adults are now eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, the holy grail of infectious disease mitigation herd immunity feels tantalizingly close. If enough people take the vaccine, likely at least 70% of the population, disease prevalence will slowly decline and most of us will safely get back to normal. But if not enough people get vaccinated, COVID-19 could stick around indefinitely. ....
With the news that all U.S. adults are now eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, the holy grail of infectious disease mitigation – herd immunity – feels tantalizingly close. If enough people take the vaccine, likely at least 70% of the population, disease prevalence will slowly decline and most of us will safely get back to normal. But if not enough people get vaccinated, COVID-19 could stick around indefinitely. The urgency of reaching that milestone has led some to claim that individuals have a civic duty or moral obligation to get vaccinated. As a moral philosopher who has written on the nature of obligation in other contexts, I want to explore how the seemingly straightforward ethics of vaccine choice is in fact rather complex. ....
A spokesperson said: “Due to a change in the ITV Network, the final episode of Rare Breed will now air next Tuesday, April 20 at 7:30pm.” It marks the end of an era as presenter Mark McFadden narrates the series for the last time. The episode catches up with all seven farming families through December – the end of a difficult and challenging 2020. Adrian and Emily McGowan laughing about the early starts It’s an early start for vegetable farmer Emily McGowan from Comber. She’s at the wholesalers in Belfast at 4:30am to pick up additional produce exotic fruit and veg that can’t be grown locally. ....
NEXT Tuesday (April 13), marks the final episode of the popular UTV programme, Rare Breed, which has delighted Fermanagh viewers as they followed Andrew and Margaret Little through the farming year. The final episode of the current series is set in December, which means all kinds of different things to the featured farmers after a difficult and challenging 2020. The show will visit all seven families as they get on with the cycle of farming, be that breeding, growing and animal welfare, and they share with the viewers what the year has taught them. Fermanagh viewers will of course be keeping an eye out for Andrew and Margaret Little, farmers from near Tempo, who are busy working with a new set of calves in the final episode. ....