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What is the ultimate purpose of ramping up vaccine uptake?

• westcort 5y ago
  Ending the pandemic in the US and saving lives.
  • swayvil 5y ago
    But ending obesity would save 10x as many lives. Therefor saving lives is obviously not the point at all.
    • _ddzr 5y ago
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      • dang 5y ago
        I'm sorry to pile on, having already replied to you twice, but your flamewar comments in this thread have been one of the worst cases of on-tiltness and breaking the site guidelines that I've run into in quite a while (and that's saying something!) Fortunately your previous commenting history looks great. Please don't do this again. I realize that divisive topics entail strong feelings, especially when encountering views that we consider to be deeply wrong—but that's when it gets more important to follow the site guidelines. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29214068 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29214068 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29214041 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29214041
• gruez 5y ago
  The ends don't justify the means. There's a vast difference between a measure designed to directly improve safety in the workplace (ie. "let's make vaccines mandatory if you want to work, so there won't be workplace infections"), and a measure designed to punish non-complying citizens (ie. "let's make vaccines mandatory if you want to work, so non-vaccinated people have to vaccinate, otherwise be ruined financially").
  • _ddzr 5y ago
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