Vaccine Tourism is Both Unethical and Bad For Business, Experts Say

Executives who engage in so-called "vaccine tourism" show both an ethical disregard for those less fortunate and a surprising lack of business acumen, experts argue. Their comments came after the head of Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Mark Machin, stepped down after admitting to travelling to Dubai to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. Vaccine tourism also erodes trust in a health-care system that should, ideally, treat everybody equally, bioethicist Kerry Bowman said. "You're really jumping the vaccine queue. We've got elderly people in this country, and particularly the province of Ontario, that have still not even received a preliminary dose,” he said.

 

 

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