The process of administering a vaccine (i.e. giving an intramuscular injection) may cause severe anxiety in some individuals with anxiety disorders or needle-phobia, and/or may be difficult in certain individuals with behavioural disorders.
A tiered approach initially using non-pharmacological measures may assist in facilitating vaccination.
In patients where non-pharmacological techniques have failed, sedation may facilitate safe administration of vaccines in some special circumstances.
Informed consent must be obtained prior to each dose from the patient themselves, or, where the patient does not have capacity to give consent, from the parent, guardian or substitute decision-maker.
Sedation should not be used as a measure to enforce compliance with vaccination requirements.
so, if someone is being forced to take it or be on terminal lockdown, lose a job, lose your kids, or starve to death, and then a "needle phobia" moves into this sedation scenario which you consent to, is it still informed consent when you were forced to take it against your will in the first place?
This was in the actual document:
Background
The process of administering a vaccine (i.e. giving an intramuscular injection) may cause severe anxiety in some individuals with anxiety disorders or needle-phobia, and/or may be difficult in certain individuals with behavioural disorders.
A tiered approach initially using non-pharmacological measures may assist in facilitating vaccination.
In patients where non-pharmacological techniques have failed, sedation may facilitate safe administration of vaccines in some special circumstances.
Informed consent must be obtained prior to each dose from the patient themselves, or, where the patient does not have capacity to give consent, from the parent, guardian or substitute decision-maker.
Sedation should not be used as a measure to enforce compliance with vaccination requirements.
https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2022/04/atagi-advice-on-use-of-sedation-for-covid-19-vaccination_1.pdf
so, if someone is being forced to take it or be on terminal lockdown, lose a job, lose your kids, or starve to death, and then a "needle phobia" moves into this sedation scenario which you consent to, is it still informed consent when you were forced to take it against your will in the first place?
You would still have to agree to get the shot while under sedation. That's no different from a shot while you are awake.
Whether that consent could be considered coerced, I don't know.