Re:Germany pauses AstraZeneca vaccinations as a 'precaution'
by amelius on Monday March 15, 2021 @12:33PM
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So a more accurate description is: politicians care deeply if people die from an action (or inaction) that went against the public opinion.
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Re:Germany pauses AstraZeneca vaccinations as a 'precaution'
by dahfizz on Monday March 15, 2021 @01:19PM
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To take this further, public opinion cares much more about action than inaction.
A handful of unjust police killings cause widespread protest / riot / unrest, but 15,000 unprevented homicides are largely accepted as part of life.
You can argue that they are morally equivalent, but our brains get more angry at someone doing a bad thing than at someone not doing a good thing.
Re:Germany pauses AstraZeneca vaccinations as a 'precaution'
by cutemonster on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @08:44AM
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Or 42 000 people dead in traffic accidents (in the US year 2020), most of this preventable, eg by middle of the road separation barriers or separate bike lanes.
Most of the public doesn't care or understand, neither do the politicians. Not interesting to fix because no one intentionally did anything bad? And, spending time on this won't win any elections?