compulsory vaccination

collocation in English

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compulsory
adjective
uk
/kəmˈpʌl.sər.i/us
/kəmˈpʌl.sɚ.i/
If something is compulsory, you must do it because of a rule ...
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vaccination
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌvæk.sɪˈneɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌvæk.səˈneɪ.ʃən/
the process or an act of giving someone a vaccine (= a substance put into a person's body to prevent them getting ...
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(Definition ofcompulsoryandvaccinationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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These provide for thecompulsoryvaccinationof travellers going from infected to receptive areas and to disinsectization of aircraft.
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In the early 1880s, however, some legislators argued thatcompulsoryvaccinationwould substantially reduce the death rate.
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Not only did vaccination spread syphilis, butcompulsoryvaccinationviolated a citizen's civil rights.
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Both cases dealt withcompulsoryvaccinationfor smallpox.
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With acompulsoryvaccinationprogramme, no infants will suffer from rubella-induced blindness.
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People were also allowed to disobey the law ofcompulsoryvaccinationif they satisfied some authority that they were conscientiously opposed to it.
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Compulsoryvaccinationis impracticable because there is no way of telling whether birds have been vaccinated or not.
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If the disease becomes endemic and our poultry flocks are not to be sadly depleted there must now becompulsoryvaccination.
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In view of the number of exemption orders now granted, has not the time arrived whencompulsoryvaccinationshould be abolished?
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If they are right, we may be forced into a policy ofcompulsoryvaccinationdespite any argument raised against it.
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There was a great rumpus at one time aboutcompulsoryvaccination.
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However, that was true aboutcompulsoryvaccinationfor smallpox.
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There are very good reasons whycompulsoryvaccinationis not now insisted upon.
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Would not the reintroduction ofcompulsoryvaccinationbe the best means of preventing the disease?
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We have, for instance, accepted the necessity forcompulsoryvaccination—though it is no longer compulsory.
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Must not that and many other facts entirely discredit the idea ofcompulsoryvaccination?
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The first step might be a period ofcompulsoryvaccination, and this might be followed by the setting up of disease-free areas.
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At any rate, if they do not agree in that sense, steps ought to be taken to abolishcompulsoryvaccination.
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That has happened; society has insisted that it was right to protect everyone bycompulsoryvaccination.
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I have no plans to introducecompulsoryvaccination.
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