Vaccination against SARS-CoV-2: a human enhancement story

Abstract Background Vaccination is an essential strategy for mitigating the COVID-19 pandemic. Besides its significance as a public health measure, vaccination is a sophisticated example of modern biotechnology. Since vaccination gives the human body an ability that it does not naturally possess, th...

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Autores principales:	Niklas Alexander Döbler, Claus-Christian Carbon
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Publicado:	BMC 2021
Materias:	Vaccination Human enhancement Ethics Psychology Public Health Policy making Medicine R
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/fd717006b6f547daa76a2b8967072a1f
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:fd717006b6f547daa76a2b8967072a1f2021-12-05T12:26:04ZVaccination against SARS-CoV-2: a human enhancement story10.1186/s41231-021-00104-22396-832Xhttps://doaj.org/article/fd717006b6f547daa76a2b8967072a1f2021-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1186/s41231-021-00104-2https://doaj.org/toc/2396-832XAbstract Background Vaccination is an essential strategy for mitigating the COVID-19 pandemic. Besides its significance as a public health measure, vaccination is a sophisticated example of modern biotechnology. Since vaccination gives the human body an ability that it does not naturally possess, the question arises as to its classification as Human Enhancement. Main Body Exemplified on a selection of different definitions, we conclude that vaccinations may indeed be classified and treated as a form of Human Enhancement. This raises some ethical issues that are notorious in the broad field of Human Enhancement. A study with N = 67 participants revealed that vaccinations are perceived neither as a clear nor poor example of Human Enhancement. Conclusion We argue that qualifying vaccination technology as Human Enhancement does not provide convincing arguments to reject vaccination. By examining the Human Enhancement debate and the similarities to the issue of vaccination shown here, policymakers can learn valuable lessons regarding mass vaccination programs’ current and future handling.Niklas Alexander DöblerClaus-Christian CarbonBMCarticleVaccinationHuman enhancementEthicsPsychologyPublic HealthPolicy makingMedicineRENTranslational Medicine Communications, Vol 6, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2021)
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description	Abstract Background Vaccination is an essential strategy for mitigating the COVID-19 pandemic. Besides its significance as a public health measure, vaccination is a sophisticated example of modern biotechnology. Since vaccination gives the human body an ability that it does not naturally possess, the question arises as to its classification as Human Enhancement. Main Body Exemplified on a selection of different definitions, we conclude that vaccinations may indeed be classified and treated as a form of Human Enhancement. This raises some ethical issues that are notorious in the broad field of Human Enhancement. A study with N = 67 participants revealed that vaccinations are perceived neither as a clear nor poor example of Human Enhancement. Conclusion We argue that qualifying vaccination technology as Human Enhancement does not provide convincing arguments to reject vaccination. By examining the Human Enhancement debate and the similarities to the issue of vaccination shown here, policymakers can learn valuable lessons regarding mass vaccination programs’ current and future handling.
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Vaccination against SARS-CoV-2: a human enhancement story

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