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OkayPhysicist 4 days ago

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?

pyuser583 4 days ago | parent [-]

If I was told by my doctor I shouldn’t get the vaccine I wouldn’t get it.