Vaccination Mandates: The Public Health Imperative and Individual Rights

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Abstract

Abstract This chapter describes the impact of vaccines in dramatically reducing infectious diseases in the United States, the role of legally mandated vaccination in achieving and sustaining that impact, and the constitutional basis for those mandates. It also includes a brief overview of the federal role and its legal foundations in immunization practices.

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