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).


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 …


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 …


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 …


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 …


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 …


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.


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 …