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Vaccination queue and side effects

CHRONICLE: What do we actually know about something as vital as the serious side effects of Covid vaccines?
Torleif Dønnestad -
literature

United States of America?

Slavenka Drakulic: Café Europa Revisited

pandemic: How coordinated or in solidarity is Europe really?
Pinar Ciftci -
COMMENT

What ethical principles are behind the first vaccine sticks?

ETHICS: Behind the authorities' vaccination strategy is ethical chaos.
Steingrímur Njálsson -
COMMENT

What ethical principles are behind the first vaccine stings?

ETHICS: Behind the authorities' vaccination strategy is ethical chaos.
Steingrímur Njálsson -
COMMENT

"Immunological disability"

PANDEMIC: Perhaps the fear of bacteria and viruses in the future will increasingly lead to a disease preparedness characterized by totalitarian surveillance and control. A blind trust in vaccinations can lead to a phasing out of the human own immune system.
Lars Thor Smith -
internationally

Juicy fines for coronal fractures in Spain

PENALTY: In Spain, the authorities have the option of imposing hefty fines on citizens who refuse to be vaccinated or oppose restrictions during the pandemic.
Iril Kolle -
COMMENT

Coronary vaccines: science and myths

CHRONICLE: Science has made rapid progress in producing a vaccine against Covid-19. But can vaccine programs be based on active consent and autonomous choice by citizens? And does scientific rationality now go hand in hand with creative forms of irrationality?
Atle Møen -
literature

Is there any reason to rejoice over the coronary vaccine?

Trond Skaftnesmo: Vaccine coercion in the shadow of the corona crisis

COVID-19: There is no real skepticism from the public sector about the coronary vaccine – vaccination is recommended, and the people are positive about the vaccine. But is the embrace of the vaccine based on an informed decision or a blind hope for a normal everyday life?
Iril Kolle -
top case

Infection tracking, monitoring and consequences

Surveillance: How much freedom do you really have, if your movements are restricted by a corona pass and you get fired if you refuse to be vaccinated?
Iril Kolle -
COMMENT

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CORRUPTION: In crisis situations, the risk of corruption increases – as with the money behind the upcoming corona vaccine.
Gro Skaaren-Fystro -

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