On Vaccine Mandates

User icon Toby Green
18 February 2022
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Protests against vaccines mandates have made the news in Canada, but, as some of these articles show, discussions about, for and against mandates are not new. In particular, I recommend the paper from France's Conseil D'Analyse Economique (CAE).


ASSET: Action Plan on Science in Society Related Issues in Epidemics and Total Pandemics · 4 May 2016 English

High rates of vaccination coverage in childhood are main indicators for public health. However, reaching and maintaining such a target is not always an easy task for public health institutions, …


AEI: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research · 19 October 2021 English

In this issue of AEI’s Political Report, we examine how politicians are handling coronavirus, its seriousness, and trust in institutions; race, policing, and police reforms; election enthusiasm and Donald Trump …


Heritage Foundation · 17 December 2021 English

OSHA asserts—mistakenly in our view—that the mandate would save 6,830 lives over a six-month period.57 “These are the lives that are saved,” the agency asserts, “because of the ETS, or …


WHO: World Health Organization · 2021 English

Data from French Polynesia and Guam indicate large-scale community transmission, and there is evidence of widespread transmission in some parts of the Philippines (National Capital Region, Region III, and Region …


Pew Research Center · 15 September 2021 English

73% say they are vaccinated, but at least half express confusion, concern over vaccine information and health impacts.


NBER: National Bureau of Economic Research · 4 November 2021 English

This paper analyzes a simple model of infectious disease where the incentives for individuals to reduce risks through endogenous social distancing take straightforward cost-benefit form. Since disease is transmitted through …


Cato Institute · 23 September 2021 English

To gauge whether financial incentives might encourage unvaccinated Americans to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, the Cato Institute and YouGov conducted an internet survey of 2,000 adults aged 18 and up …


IGIDR: Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research · 22 November 2021 English

The differences being that the proponents of the declaration indicate that a wait for a safe vaccination or administering one with emergency use authorization will have a greater adverse impact …


EPRS: European Parliamentary Research Service · 4 September 2020 English

The main aim of this report is to present and discuss the results of a survey concerning perspectives on fake news among undergraduate university students in central and eastern Europe. …


desLibris · 25 June 2014 English

The majority of the approximately 150 people who attended the symposium, after listening to the speakers and participating in debate, recommended that Alberta adopt some form of compulsory choice regarding …


Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission · 24 September 2021 English

Vaccine Mandates and The Saskatchewan Duty to Accommodate Human Rights Code, 2018 Some individuals are not able to receive the The Saskatchewan Human Rights Code, 2018 COVID-19 vaccine due to …


The Aspen Institute · 3 June 2020 English

The end of the COVID-19 pandemic will depend on our ability to address vaccine hesitancy, one of the top 10 threats to global health, before a vaccine is put on …


NBER: National Bureau of Economic Research · 28 August 2014 English

Social interactions make communicable disease a core concern of public health policy. A prevalent problem is scarcity of empirical evidence that are informative about how interventions affect population behavior and …


Economic Policy Institute · 9 January 2021 English

Unions across the country are working on doing what’s right for society and their members when it comes to COVID-19 vaccine mandates. But there has been some misplaced criticism directed …


IRC: Queen's Industrial Relations Centre · 10 February 2022 English

COVID-19 Vaccinations and Workplace Rights: 2022 Case Law Update


Melbourne Institute of Applied Economics and Social Research · 8 November 2021 English

117//1291 N a m e o f d a t a Nsoouvercmeb uesre 2d021 COVID-19 vaccine and testing mandates for a safe workplace Supply constraints on vaccines have eased and …


Heritage Foundation · 19 November 2021 English

And while the Senator has emerged as a major force in a number of Senate oversight investigations, more recently, he has focused on the impact of vaccine mandates and the …


NBER: National Bureau of Economic Research · 26 January 2017 English

We study the direct and spillover effects of state requirements that middle school youths obtain a tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis (Tdap) booster prior to middle school entry. These mandates increased …


Cato Institute · 22 August 2021 English

At The Hill, I’ve written an op‐​ed that explores, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, what a libertarian position on vaccine mandates ought to be. Of course, there are …


Childcare Resource and Research Unit · 19 January 2022 English

The 2020 context and the first COVID-19 survey In the spring of 2020, almost all provincial/territorial governments, which hold the primary responsibility for child care in Canada, closed all or …



Pew Research Center · 8 October 2021 English

Republican- and Democratic-led states alike already require hundreds of thousands of citizens to be vaccinated against various diseases.


Urban Institute · 12 January 2022 English

As COVID-19 rates rise again with the emergence of the omicron variant and roil school reopening plans, local educational leaders are faced with tough decisions about school policies. Though arguably …


CIGI: Centre for International Governance Innovation · 10 November 2021 English

He previously served The shock wave of COVID-19 and its looming on the research advisory committee of the future effects highlight the urgent need for a Commission of Inquiry into …


Wellesley Institute · 19 July 2021 English

The goal of vaccination strategies The goal of vaccination is to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and its devastating impacts of severe illness, hospitalization, and death. [...] 7 The federal …


OMA: Ontario Medical Association · 16 December 2020 English

28 OMA Ontario Medical Association | Shining a Light at the End of the Tunnel 3 Guiding Considerations for a Safe, Accessible, and Equitable COVID-19 Vaccination Framework in Ontario Executive …


JCCF: Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms · 31 October 2021 English

3 who are reported to have died from Covid also suffered from an average of four comorbidities).11 As of October 29, 2021, over 90% of those over the age of …


Amnesty International · 25 March 2021 English

The commencement of COVID-19 vaccination in most countries of Latin America and the Caribbean has brought hope to the most unequal region of the world, and one that has been …