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Re:The most effective malaria vaccine yet discovered by wizzwizz4 on Friday April 23, 2021 @06:35PM (#26920026)
It isn't inherently racism (though there is racism involved). It's more a NIMBY type effect, but in reverse, I think – “it doesn't affect me, so I don't have to think about it” type thing.
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Re:The most effective malaria vaccine yet discovered by oblio on Saturday April 24, 2021 @03:51AM (#26923111)
> a NIMBY type effect, but in reverse

We call that selfishness :-)

And we can't force people to help others, no matter how much we dislike the attitude.

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Re:The most effective malaria vaccine yet discovered by iso1631 on Saturday April 24, 2021 @07:04AM (#26923980)
> And we can't force people to help others, no matter how much we dislike the attitude.

We can, and we do all the time, via taxation. You're forced to pay taxes to fund the people who empty the bins in the park you never even go to.

It's a good thing.

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Re:The most effective malaria vaccine yet discovered by oblio on Saturday April 24, 2021 @03:02PM (#26927428)
Yeah, but taxation stops at the national border level.
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