Comment by wavemode
12 hours ago
It will have the opposite effect, if people who get the vaccine start behaving as though they are 100% protected (which, many people will).
12 hours ago
It will have the opposite effect, if people who get the vaccine start behaving as though they are 100% protected (which, many people will).
This is called moral hazard, and people love to worry about it. Usually though (the relevant example here is PrEP, or birth control) it's fine and enables people to live their lives with fewer risks to their, and others, wellbeing
No, I'm not talking about moral hazard at all. I'm just talking about the poor effectiveness. If it were highly effective, like PreP and birth control are, there would be no issue in my mind.
> It will
It might. You don't know that.
The epistemic modality of my statement was implied. I obviously don't know the future.
> I obviously don't know the future
Nor the past. Seatbelt requirements did result in riskier driving. It also, on the net, saved lives. Same for every other vaccine, or e.g. birth control in respect of teenage and unwanted pregnancies.
Also, PreP exists and works.
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