Tragedy of the commons seems a more appropriate analogy than prisoner's dilemma. This is "basically" (ignoring all the scientific differences) the same problem

Tragedy of the commons seems a more appropriate analogy than prisoner's dilemma. This is "basically" (ignoring all the scientific differences) the same problem as antibiotic resistance, and the paradox where if everyone takes antibiotics, selection pressure leads to dominance of the bacteria most resistant to those antibiotics. And indeed, this situation is frequently framed as an example of "tragedy of the commons." [0] [0] https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-law-medicine-and-ethics/article/abs/antibiotic-resistance-is-a-tragedy-of-the-commons-that-necessitates-global-cooperation/1C968941B03AB3A3F702B3C044E87B32 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-law-medic...