People aren’t consistent though. The argument for vaccine mandates is 100% consequentialist and more or less identical to the argument for pushing forward with

People aren’t consistent though. The argument for vaccine mandates is 100% consequentialist and more or less identical to the argument for pushing forward with self drive: net fewer people will die. The antivaxxers are deontological, arguing that a few vaccine reactions and deaths should halt the whole thing. Most of the SF folks you are describing lean toward the pro-vaccine-mandate position. They should therefore also be for self driving cars.