PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Susan Pennings
AU  - Xavier Symons
TI  - Persuasion, not coercion or incentivisation, is the best means of promoting COVID-19 vaccination
AID  - 10.1136/medethics-2020-107076
DP  - 2021 Oct 01
TA  - Journal of Medical Ethics
PG  - 709--711
VI  - 47
IP  - 10
4099  - http://jme.bmj.com/content/47/10/709.short
4100  - http://jme.bmj.com/content/47/10/709.full
SO  - J Med Ethics2021 Oct 01; 47
AB  - Savulescu (forthcoming) argues that it may be ethically acceptable for governments to require citizens be vaccinated against COVID-19. He also recommends that governments consider providing monetary or in-kind incentives to citizens to increase vaccination rates. In this response, we argue against mandatory vaccination and vaccine incentivisation, and instead suggest that targeted public health messaging and a greater responsiveness to the concerns of vaccine-hesitant individuals would be the best strategy to address low vaccination rates.