**3. Compulsory vaccination?**

Both in the first stage, of priority vaccination of risk groups, and in the second stage, that of mass vaccination once the production problems have been overcome, the possibility of compulsory vs. voluntary vaccination will be raised. Compulsory vaccination is an ethically controversial decision because it affects individual rights, including the individual's right to self-determination about health matters. Consider the case of a healthcare professional who refuses to be vaccinated when the government wants to force all healthcare workers to be vaccinated. Would a government be obliged to assume the responsibility for possible side effects caused by such mandatory vaccination? It is clear that if, for example, a government forces health professionals to be vaccinated, the legal responsibility would be that of the government, which would be obliged to pay the corresponding indemnities in the event that these vaccinations produce serious side effects for the health of those vaccinated. On the other hand, it has been shown that, even in situations of serious infections, merely recommending a vaccine, instead of making it mandatory, has not produced good immunization results [12]. In the event that there are people who refuse to be vaccinated against Covid-19, can a government force them to be vaccinated? [13].
