be vaccinated, as there would still be herd immunity. Therefore, the ‘anti-vaxxers’ that are vehemently against vaccination could refrain from being vaccinated, which would diminish the problem of enforcement and what to do with those who don’t comply with the rules that the mandatory legislation of the COVID-19 vaccine would bring. Overall, the government does have the right to make the vaccine mandatory, as they intervene on other matters of health in the best interests of the population. If necessary, mandatory legislation would be most effective as a last resort, in case not enough people take the vaccine. It would be far more sensible to first use methods of persuasion and advertisements to encourage rather than force people to take the vaccine, as this works better than simply fining people, or ultimately even sending them to prison.
The Shipman Inquiry
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By Mukampikai Sathees, Year 12 North London Collegiate
he power that a doctor holds when entrusted with the lives of their patients can lead them to develop a ‘God
complex’ in which they believe that they have the right to decide who should live and who should die. This was the case with Harold Frederick Shipman, an English general practitioner who is believed to be the UK’s most proli c serial killer. Shipman was born in January 1946 in Nottingham. He was particularly close to his mother and so losing her to lung cancer when he was just seventeen a ected him severely. It is believed
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