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> From an economics perspective, people choosing to avoid vaccinations adopt a stance that exacerbates a public health risk So do people choosing to leave thei
by wyager 5y ago
> From an economics perspective, people choosing to avoid vaccinations adopt a stance that exacerbates a public health risk
So do people choosing to leave their house. There are certain classes of externalities that society has chosen not to explicitly internalize, such as those imposed by living a normal life.
- tomrod 5y agoWhich, moving forward, will probably mean being vaccinated for COVID.
- wyager 5y agoMaybe, but don’t pretend you’re arguing from a purely economic basis, unless you’re also willing to punish people for ever leaving their house. You’re also missing the higher-order issue of internalization overhead, but that’s a whole separate consideration.