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Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva

Publications 2

Research article Open access

COVID-19 Health Policies: The Need for Transparent Data Sharing Between Scientists, Governments, and Policymakers

Francesco Chirico, Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva · Oman Medical Journal · 2022 · 10.5001/omj.2022.63

The lack of transparency in the relationship between policymakers and scientists may undermine the ethics of the public health decision-making process in the COVID-19 pandemic and represents a fundamental weakness underlying effective science-supported government-based policies and strategies related to COVID-19. To sh …

Research article Open access

Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccines versus Personal Freedoms: An Imperfect Balance

Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva · Oman Medical Journal · 2022 · 10.5001/omj.2022.50

Despite the existence of a number of vaccines developed to prevent infection by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the pandemic continues, having already claimed more than 4.5 million lives to date, even though 5.2 billion doses of vaccines have been administered. This suggests that vaccines alone cannot control COVI …

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