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0 pointsithkuil4y ago0 comments

I'm pulling a different angle into the equation: an altruistic angle. Are you a priori not interested in participating in an effort that would require an action from you (and possibly also a risk) unless you're directly beneficiary of such action?

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peteradio4y ago

I'd assert that in such an experiment I would already be doing my part to reduce the impact of covid mainly due to where I live and minorly by my choices of how I live. The extra utility of that vaccine is effectively lost on me when that is figured in. When there is 0 utility then any altruistic action is nothing more than signaling. If I could be convinced there is serious utility for others by getting vaccinated then of course I would get it. Nobody seems willing to put real numbers to this, its simply "DO IT EVERYONE!"

Lets say there are only 2 reasons to get the vaccine:

1) To protect yourself

2) To protect all those you care for.

I'm not worried about 1 due to the apparently very low likelihood I will have some terrible personal covid outcome.

I'm not worried about 2 due to the apparent very low likelihood of even catching covid.

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