Pandemic Vaccines — The Legal Landscape

Origin: New England Journal of Medicine, May 27, 2010

PHLR national advisory committee member Wendy E. Parmet J.D., surveys the field of law and vaccination, and concludes, "Laws can help encourage vaccine production; they can also penalize people who reject vaccines. The more difficult task is to use those laws with a light enough touch so that they do not undermine the population's willingness to bare their arms."