Understanding COVID-19 Vaccination Arguments

This short volume brings together the most common arguments presented by both sides of the COVID-19 vaccine controversy. Each side is represented by its own adherents in order to better let the sides speak for themselves and thus to offer a clear and fair opportunity for the reader to assess the arguments’ merits. Before the presentation of the arguments is some useful contextual material: an explanation of how people decide what they know to be true, how arguments can be fruitfully assessed, and what the virus and the disease being discussed actually are. Following the arguments are a proposal of ground where the two sides might meet for more productive conversation than what exists at present. Then the book concludes with an assessment of the arguments and some free advice for all the parties involved.