Vaccination against Covid-19 as a binding public policy for pandemic mitigation
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Covid-19 vaccination, Essential core, Right to health careAbstract
This research aimed to verify whether vaccination against Covid-19 should be considered a binding public policy in Brazil. According to Alexy's Fundamental Rights Theory (2015), the essential core of a fundamental right binds the State in absolute terms, since it is conveyed by a norm. To this end, the data from 53 countries, which on November 8, 2021, had exceeded 120 doses administered for every 100 people, were compared. From these data, based on a medical literature review and on observational studies, we conclude that vaccination is the most important measure for reducing the number of deaths from Covid-19 and the worsening of the disease, which can cause sequelae. Thus, vaccination against Covid-19 is an important measure to preserve life and a minimum level of human dignity, therefore it is an essential core of the right to health.
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