Should Israelis refusing the vaccination be punished?
International bioethics expert Prof. Vardit Ravitsky weighs the pros and cons of a green passport for those already vaccinated.
Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem has told the hospital s employees, who are entitled to be vaccinated but don t get the vaccination, not to come into work and to take an unpaid vacation. If an employee is unable to be vaccinated, they must submit a request to an exemptions committee and it is also possible that other essential employees will be exempted.
With this policy, Hadassah has become the first Israeli institution to put into practice the green passport concept regarding the Covid-19 vaccinations. The Israeli government itself recently presented the green passport initiative to the Knesset Constitutional Committee, to examine the legal and ethical issues about the decision it wants to take.