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The unnaturalistic fallacy: COVID-19 vaccine mandates should not discriminate against natural immunity
- Correspondence to Dr Jonathan Pugh, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 1PT, UK; jonathan.pugh{at}philosophy.ox.ac.uk
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The unnaturalistic fallacy: COVID-19 vaccine mandates should not discriminate against natural immunity
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- Received October 21, 2021
- Accepted February 17, 2022
- First published March 7, 2022.
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November 15, 2022
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