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Study Finds COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates Had Damaging Political, Legal, Socioeconomic Effects

Study Finds COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates Had Damaging Political, Legal, Socioeconomic Effects
A nurse administers a pediatric dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to a girl at a L.A. Care Health Plan vaccination clinic at Los Angeles Mission College in Los Angeles, Calif., on Jan. 19, 2022. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images
Naveen Athrappully
Naveen Athrappully
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5/29/2022|Updated: 5/29/2022
Mandating COVID-19 vaccines and related passports have had damaging political, legal, and socioeconomic effects; while also destabilizing the integrity of science and public health, according to new research published at the BMJ Global Health, a global online health journal based in London.

Several countries have implemented vaccine mandates and passports to manage the COVID-19 pandemic, with some introducing them through the democratic process while others imposing them via emergency declarations, said the May 26 research report titled “The unintended consequences of COVID-19 vaccine policy.”

Naveen Athrappully
Naveen Athrappully
Reporter
Naveen Athrappully is a news reporter covering business and world events at The Epoch Times.
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