Finland's first vaccine mandate
A preprint from NORDEMICS researchers shows that Finland’s first vaccine mandate helped to raise vaccination rates, and has implications for COVID-19 vaccine policy.
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Laws mandating vaccination have a long and controversial history.
A preprint from NORDEMICS researchers Susanna Ukonaho, Virpi Lummaa, and Michael Briga shows that Finland’s first vaccine mandate - for smallpox vaccine and enacted in 1883 - helped to raise vaccination rates, and has implications for COVID-19 vaccine policy.
Follow this link to read the full preprint of the paper called 'The long-term success of mandatory vaccination laws at implementing the first vaccination campaign in 19th century rural Finland'.