▲ | pyuser583 4 days ago | |||||||
From what I have heard, that is true for many, many vaccines. I think it's weird and creepy people are selectively opting into vaccines that are not recommended for them. It feels a bit like those ads that say "bring up Expedia with your doctor!" This isn't a good PSA. Should I be vaccinated against smallpox too? How about anthrax? | ||||||||
▲ | OkayPhysicist 4 days ago | parent | next [-] | |||||||
If we had as trivial of vaccinations for smallpox, anthrax, and rabies as we have for HPV, I'd collect them all. One fewer risk in my life, and a finite reduction in the risk of everyone around me's life, with no downside at all. 1 pin prick * 340,000,000 people > 340,000,000 people * 6.1 cases of cervical cancer * 0.9 efficacy / 100,000 people Your world view assigns equally negative utility to at most 18,214 shots as 1 case of cervical cancer. Put another way: If you were told you had to either take a shot every day, or you are guaranteed to get cancer, would you really choose the cancer? | ||||||||
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▲ | dreamcompiler 4 days ago | parent | prev [-] | |||||||
There is no human alive who has smallpox that you could catch it from, so getting vaccinated for it is pointless unless you think it's likely that some samples in a lab somewhere might escape. |