A new phase of the US immunization campaign has begun, with supply now expected to exceed demand.
Public-health experts are debating whether vaccine mandates for some groups would help or hurt.
Some organizations, like a major Houston health system, are requiring the shot for their employees.
The US vaccination campaign is entering a new phase, marked by excess supply of shots. And public-health experts, bioethicists, and doctors are debating whether or not mandating the COVID-19 vaccine would be helpful or harmful.
The arguments for and against mandates are shaping up to be a signature element of this next phase of the immunization campaign, as the key challenge in reaching herd immunity shifts from supply to demand. And experts are split on whether or not it s time to start enacting such requirements, as much of the nation continues to re-open and relax public-health restrictions.
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Overall, in conversations with five bioethicists, doctors, and public-health experts, Insider found an array of opinions on mandates. The most ardent backers say they should be rolled out now. Other supporters say they make sense in the next few months. Other experts warned the mandates are a heavy-handed approach that will be harmful at this stage in the rollout. There should be more in education and outreach to hesitant groups before requiring the shot, they say.
Art Caplan, a bioethicist at New York University, said he hopes more groups will follow the mandate track. Why are we still battling vaccine hesitancy with one hand behind our back? Caplan told Insider. Let s start to move a mandate through populations that are posing risks to others.
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More than two-thirds of patients who required abdominal aortic aneurysm repair would not have been captured by the U.S. Preventive Service Task Force AAA screening guidelines, according to data from the Vascular Quality Initiative.
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Study of patients undergoing abdominal aortic aneurysm repair suggests screening guidelines may .
Society for Vascular SurgeryJanuary 5, 2021 GMT
Rosemont, Ill., Jan. 05, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) A retrospective study analyzing approximately 55,000 patients undergoing abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair suggests current AAA screening guidelines may be inadequate in detecting a significant number of new cases. Additionally, expanding screening for certain population segments may be warranted. The study patients were enrolled in the Vascular Quality Initiative between years 2003 and 2019.
The study was spearheaded by Jeffrey E. Indes, MD, vascular surgeon at Montefiore Einstein Center for Heart and Vascular Care, and results were published in the December 2020 edition of the Journal of Vascular Surgery.