Poll: Will you take the Covid vaccine?

Post by h3cate » Sat, Dec 12, 2020, 12:35 AM UTC

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Why is it your civic duty? What will you having this vaccine do for anybody but yourself?

* because there are people who, due to age or immuno-compromisation or allergic response, cannot safely take the vaccine, so those who can safely take it should help contribute to herd immunity * because there are many people out of work whose livelihoods depend on the types of establishments closed or restricted by COVID (restaurants, theaters, etc) * because safely interacting with other human beings in-person is g…

Post by Thiez » Sat, Dec 12, 2020, 12:35 AM UTC

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There are barely 80 votes at the moment of writing this comment, of which barely 10 are a "NO", so it's a bit early for "high percentage". (Edit: Now it's 73/(798 + 279 + 73), less than 7%, so the point stands.) But I'm a "NO", FWIW. And while I'm not surprised by the "high percentage" of "YES" votes because of HN demographics, I do not approve. I mean, I don't really care what other people do with their lives, but t…

It's not about what happens to you or to your healthy friends. The major difference here is the long incubation period. You catch the virus, you become contagious, you pass it on, and a few days later you develop your mild cold symptoms. You go through it and you are fine. But by allowing yourself to get infected in the first place, you have spread the virus to an unknown number of people. Down the road, perhaps mont…

Post by h3cate » Sat, Dec 12, 2020, 12:36 AM UTC

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Why is it your civic duty? What will you having this vaccine do for anybody but yourself?

It will help stop the spread

Post by h3cate » Sat, Dec 12, 2020, 12:36 AM UTC

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Why is it your civic duty? What will you having this vaccine do for anybody but yourself?

Having the vaccine decreases the probability that I spread the virus.

Post by h3cate » Sat, Dec 12, 2020, 12:36 AM UTC

jariel wrote: post #584

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Why is it your civic duty? What will you having this vaccine do for anybody but yourself?

? "What will you having this vaccine do for anybody but yourself ?" COVID is contagious meaning it's as much about those around you as it is yourself. Second, in order to beat COVID we have to have a certain immunity threshold i.e. 75% or whatever, meaning, your participation in that effort matters. It is our 'civic duty' and I'm proud that the top commenter (at the moment I write this) has put it in those terms beca…