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A comment on US agencies call for pause in Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Parent comment
So where does one draw the line?
What level of shutting something down is justifiable in the name of safety?
Who is allowed to make that subjective decision?
It's a slippery slope.
It's arguable that we should wear masks FOREVER because they reduce death rates for every respiratory disease.
This feeling. Of why are shutting down because of these few lives.
Is exactly how people have felt about shutting down the whole economy over the small-ish fatality rate of Coronvirus.
There's just different levels of risk tolerance.
Who is the more moral person?
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So where does one draw the line?
What level of shutting something down is justifiable in the name of safety?
Who is allowed to make that subjective decision?
It's a slippery slope.
It's arguable that we should wear masks FOREVER because they reduce death rates for every respiratory disease.
This feeling. Of why are shutting down because of these few lives.
Is exactly how people have felt about shutting down the whole economy over the small-ish fatality rate of Coronvirus.
There's just different levels of risk tolerance.
Who is the more moral person?