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Health Care & Hospital Law,
Government

Mar. 16, 2020

Coranavirus raises discussion of vaccinations

What would be the legal implications of requiring children to be vaccinated against a disease that might not hit them until old age?

Coranavirus raises discussion of vaccinations
Nursing students instruct first graders at Ethel Phillips Elementary School in Sacramento, on how to properly wash their hands to reduce the spread of the coronavirus, on Friday. (New York Times News Service)

What are the legal implications of requiring children to be vaccinated against a disease that might not hit them until old age?

That is a question some legal experts are considering in light of the fact the coronavirus so far is not affecting children. The mortality rate in China of people under the age of 20 is 0.1%, or one recorded death, according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control-China Joint Mission.

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