ANTI-VACCINATION proponents citing "ethical" concerns around the use of COVID-19 shots need to rethink their values, World Health Organization (WHO) Emergencies Program Executive Director, Dr Mike Ryan, believes.
Speaking during a press conference earlier this week, the Irishman said acceptance of vaccination was not a "moral grey area".
"Please remember this isn't an individual moral issue," he said.
"If you're offered a vaccine, take the vaccine.
"If you're offered a second vaccine, take the vaccine.
"If you're offered a booster, take the booster.
"No individual on this planet should feel they're the ones in a moral grey zone.
"If you're offered the vaccine, take it."
Ryan added that humanity's real ethical conundrum relating to the vaccine was not whether or not people should take it, but to boost vaccine equity.
He noted that more than three billion people around the globe have yet to be offered a single dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
"If we can't address the simple issue of the equity of every individual on the planet having access to a protective course of vaccine against a pandemic -- if we can't do that -- how in God's name are we likely to deal with the bigger issues of climate justice and social justice that we face in the world?" he asked.
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