Moral immunity test: Covid- 19 pandemic challenges (I)

Abstract

The article examines the moral side of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic at a scientififi c and practical level. The author draws attention to the importance of the moral choice of citizens in relation to vaccination as a means of overcoming the disease. Attention is drawn to the fact that the Republic of Moldova lags behind a number of countries in terms of vaccination rates. The author analyzed the conditions favorable to the vaccination process. The conditions of totalitarianism in China, the state religion in the United Arab Emirates as conditions for promoting successful immunization of the population are not attractive for the Republic of Moldova, which has taken a course towards democracy and European integration. The example of Western European countries with their high rates of vaccination is more preferable for Moldova. In order to successfully pass the test for moral choice - to join immunization, the citizens of Moldova will have to work to enrich the traditional (religious) public moral code with European liberal values. This is prompted by the path of integration into the European Union chosen by Moldova.