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To shield vulnerable patients from COVID-19, few people who work in health and long-term care would disagree with the ambition to vaccinate as many of their colleagues as possible. But there remain deep divisions over whether vaccination should be compulsory for staff who are not medically exempt. Share  In a special issue of the  BMJ , academics and a transplant patient debate the pros and cons of mandatory vaccination. “If hospital chefs refuse to comply with new safe food preparation guidance, they have no good reason to expect to continue to be employed,” argues Michael Parker , professor of bioethics at the University of Oxford, United Kingdom, in the BMJ. Trusted Source “So too in frontline healthcare roles, staff are rightly required to modify their practice in the light of evidence about patient safety,” he writes. Prof. Parker believes the same principle should apply to COVID-19 vaccination. Stay informed with live updates  on the current COVID-19 outbreak and visit our  coron