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SUMMARY:Research Seminar in Philosophical Perspectives on Human Rights: Nic
 ole Hassoun (Binghampton University)
DESCRIPTION:Contact: eric.brandstedt@mrs.lu.se\n\nSolidarity and the Human 
 Right to Health: An Argument Against Vaccine NationalismOur global respons
 e to the COVID-19 pandemic faltered.&nbsp\;Nationalism trumped solidarity\
 , causing unnecessary loss of life\, trade\, and travel disruption\, and i
 nequitable access to vaccines and therapeutics. Good evidence exists that 
 we could have saved many more lives with a more equitable distribution of 
 scarce health resources (Chinazzi et al.\,2020\; Rotesi et al.\, 2021).&nb
 sp\;The global response failed to protect everyone’s human rights to hea
 lth in part because rich countries engaged in&nbsp\;vaccine nationalism.&n
 bsp\;Even though some rich countries embraced less stringent forms of vacc
 ine nationalism than others and were willing to give non-compatriots’ ba
 sic needs priority over compatriots’ non-basic needs\, few were willing 
 to distribute scarce vaccines in the way that would have optimally address
 ed the pandemic (Puyvallée &amp\; Storeng\, 2022). Many also embraced the
  strongest forms of vaccine nationalism – prioritizing compatriots’ no
 n-basic needs over others’ basic needs (Emanuel et al.\, 2022). These co
 untries bought up scarce medical supplies for their populations and stockp
 iled vaccines even after everyone within their borders who was willing to 
 take them had the opportunity\, depriving others in much greater need of a
 ccess. To prevent a repeat of this tragedy\, this paper argues\, that the 
 world must&nbsp\;come together with sufficient&nbsp\;solidarity&nbsp\;to a
 dequately address pandemic threats&nbsp\;(Hassoun\, 2020\; Hassoun\, 2024d
 ).&nbsp\;Solidarity&nbsp\;is roughly a sympathetic and imaginative enactme
 nt of collaborative measures to enhance our relationships with others so t
 hat together we fare well enough (Atuire and Hassoun\, 2023). We need this
  solidarity to fulfill individuals’ basic human rights because we cannot
  just develop new vaccines and other essential health technologies – we 
 must ensure that people can access them. This requires equitable distribut
 ion and the significant investments necessary to create and sustain basic 
 health systems around the world. Moreover\, we must work together to ensur
 e for all the social determinants of health. If we do not\, the world will
  remain woefully unprepared for future pandemics.&nbsp\;\n\nMore informati
 on about the event: https://www.humanrights.lu.se/evenemang/research-semin
 ar-philosophical-perspectives-human-rights-nicole-hassoun-binghampton-univ
 ersity
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