%0 Journal Article
%T The Resolution of Public Health Committee Polish Academy of Science on Vaccination against COVID-19
%A Włodarczyk, Włodzimierz Cezary
%A Juszczyk, Grzegorz
%A Zdrojewski, Tomasz
%A Hanke, Wojciech
%A Samoliński, Bolesław
%A Wojtyniak, Bogdan
%J Public Health and Governance
%V 2020
%R 10.4467/20842627OZ.20.021.14138
%N Volume 18, Issue 3
%P 193-201
%K COVID-19, mandatory vaccination, pandemic, Polish Academy of Science, vaccination
%@ 1731-7398
%D 2021
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/zdrowie-publiczne-i-zarzadzanie/article/stanowisko-komitetu-zdrowia-publicznego-polskiej-akademii-nauk-w-sprawie-szczepien-przeciw-covid-19
%X 
	Public health community worldwide encouraged by successes of former campaigns have always accepted vaccination as the most effective way to handle infectious diseases pandemics. Even before the outburst of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in many countries mandatory vaccination against many diseases, especially child related had been implemented. From among 193 countries under study in as many as 105 (54%) such obligation existed and in 62 of them (59%) at least one form of punishment or harm for those opposing was involved. Following this sort of available solutions and facing COVID-19 pandemic disaster the authors on behalf of the Public Health Committee of the Polish Academy of Science recommend to the government implementation od mandatory vaccination against COVID-19 for all workers in sectors of health care, education and welfare.