Vaccination against Covid-19 as a binding public policy for pandemic mitigation

• Autor(a) principal: Oliveira, Lucas Barros de
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Duarte, Luciana Gaspar Melquíades
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista de Direito
• DOI: 10.32361/2022140214614
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufv.br/revistadir/article/view/14614
• topic: Covid-19 vaccination; Essential core; Right to health care; Vacinação contra a Covid-19; Núcleo essencial; Direito à saúde

This research aimed to verify whether vaccination against Covid-19 should be considered a binding public policy in Brazil. According to Alexy's Fundamental Rights Theory (2015), the essential core of a fundamental right binds the State in absolute terms, since it is conveyed by a norm. To this end, the data from 53 countries, which on November 8, 2021, had exceeded 120 doses administered for every 100 people, were compared. From these data, based on a medical literature review and on observational studies, we conclude that vaccination is the most important measure for reducing the number of deaths from Covid-19 and the worsening of the disease, which can cause sequelae. Thus, vaccination against Covid-19 is an important measure to preserve life and a minimum level of human dignity, therefore it is an essential core of the right to health.