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Ethics of vaccine refusal
- Correspondence to Michael Kowalik, Independent Researcher, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia; mkowalik{at}gmx.net
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Ethics of vaccine refusal
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- Received October 28, 2020
- Revised January 27, 2021
- Accepted February 5, 2021
- First published February 26, 2021.
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March 23, 2022
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