Mandatory flu vaccination?

摘要

1. The main objective for flu vaccination of healthcare workers is to protect patients 2. The evidence that this strategy is effective is extremely limited 3. It is argued that only healthcare workers working with elderly patients in long-term settings might be targeted on grounds of this group's increased vulnerability to the disease 4. Quasi-mandatory flu vaccination of healthcare workers working with elderly patients in long-term settings could be ethical 5. Mandatory flu vaccination of other healthcare workers would not be morally justifiable.