Anyone living in Australia will have noticed that, over recent months, COVID policy has undergone a quiet revolution. With lockdowns in New South Wales and Victoria now seemingly powerless to halt the spread of the Delta variant, we have entered the era of vaccination. This episode explores the social contract arguments used both for and against mass vaccination, asking what social contract language adds to the debate.

Written version for Monash Lens: https://lens.monash.edu/2021/09/14/1383790/covid-19-is-getting-vaccinated-really-part-of-the-social-contract

This episode is part of an Australian Research Council funded Future Fellowship project "Rewriting the Social Contract: Technology, Ecology, Extremism".

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Video version: https://youtu.be/e_B05PhJrNw

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