On Wednesday, May 19, at a plenary meeting of the St. Petersburg International Legal Online Forum “9 3/4: Right Vaccination,” Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said that theoretically vaccination could be mandatory in the state interests in order to protect the vast majority of the population. According to Izvestia.
At the same time, he clarified that vaccination itself implies the consent of a citizen to its implementation, which indicates the voluntary nature of its implementation.
“But sometimes in the public interest, in the interest of protecting the vast majority of the population, such decisions can be of a general nature. Here, the relationship between voluntary and mandatory can be changed in favor of mandatory, “said the deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council.
