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> As long as vaccine side effects cause less deaths and less harm than the virus, vaccination is still the way to go. Assuming the vaccine prevents or lessens
by ghastmaster 4y ago
> As long as vaccine side effects cause less deaths and less harm than the virus, vaccination is still the way to go.
Assuming the vaccine prevents or lessens the effects of infection, this is logical. A common belief is that the vaccine is virtually useless. If this belief is true or close to true, then taking the vaccine would result in an increase in risk.
- sethammons 4y agoUtilitarian ideas like this are the basis of every story of the rogue AI that locks up humanity for its own safety.