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Mandates should be considered only when all geographical, financial and cultural access issues have been addressed. They should be a last resort.

At its core, the constitution holds a moral vision of people as autonomous moral agents, capable of rationally forming their own opinions.

The key requirement of any mandate should be that a vaccination certificate be produced for access to high-risk spaces where harm to others could occur.

The core of the objections, whether they are about vaccinations, lockdowns, social distancing, or mask wearing, seems to concern an apparent erosion of personal liberty.

Mandatory COVID-19 vaccination in Nigeria cannot be by oral proclamation, but must be based on legislation or regulation on public health and safety.

Vaccine policies fall on a spectrum, from mandates to recommendations. Deciding what to use and when is not so much a science but a balancing act between personal autonomy and public good.

Conversations and debates about vaccine mandates will continue well into next year as policy-makers balance individual freedom and public well-being.

If what you’re reading seems too good to be true, it probably is.

The effects of COVID vaccine mandates live on today. And a distrust of government is one of its biggest casualties.

The decisions of medical health-care professionals like doctors and nurse practitioners are more legally significant than ever before since they are determining vaccination exemptions.