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Re:Moderna Is About to Begin Trials for HIV Vaccine by jmnicolas on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @03:22PM (#28213768)
What about drug addicts, alcoholics, extreme sports people we let them die too?

This is called solidarity, we pay taxes for that too.

Anyway I would still take my chance.

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Re:Moderna Is About to Begin Trials for HIV Vaccine by tadfisher on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @09:23PM (#28216738)
If drastically reducing the incidence of drug/alcohol addiction and sports injuries was as easy as administering 2 shots, we wouldn't be having this discussion.

It is ultimately your choice. Just understand that others making the same choice are currently filling up hospital beds. The numbers don't lie.

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Re:Moderna Is About to Begin Trials for HIV Vaccine by vkou on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @05:05PM (#28214850)
Can we expect that people who aren't vaccinated show some solidarity... And vaccinate themselves?

Solidarity with defectors only works when there are enough resources for everyone. When there aren't, we triage. First come first serve, at the expense of people who have not defected is a stupid way to allocate those resources, when there's such a simple preventative measure available.

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