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For many people the risk of serious complications from COVID is similar. I am a young, healthy introvert working from home and enjoying the social isolation in
by krastanov 6y ago
For many people the risk of serious complications from COVID is similar. I am a young, healthy introvert working from home and enjoying the social isolation in a location that does not have explosive spread right now. The product of "probability of getting COVID" * "having serious long term effects or death" is in the same ballpark for me.
I would still get this vaccine (or the AZ one) if offered because I consider it my duty to be part of the herd immunity. But not everyone will do that, and the moment you have people in privileged position refusing one of the vaccines, you start (1) exacerbating inequalities (2) fueling conspiracy theories, mistrust, and vaccine hesitancy.
If you assume that the world is perfectly rational, then you are right, but it is a running joke on HN to point out how economists used to make that same mistake and derive silly conclusions.
- CannisterFlux 6y agoThe risk of a vaccine is very low. But emotionally it is hard to accept. It is my actual choice to have the vaccine and go from 0 chance of vaccine-related blood clots to some non-zero value. Whereas catching covid feels more like I'm in control of not catching it by not leaving the flat, and even if I did catch it, chances are it'd not affect me that much. I know this is not totally logical, but it is difficult to get past emotionally. Imagine if I did get blood clots from the vaccine - I'd go from safe in my flat and healthy, to dead, and for what? To protect me from a virus that has an even lower chance of causing long-term problems, and from which I can protect myself by being careful.