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Re:FDA grants full approval to Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid shot by randomopining on Monday August 23, 2021 @11:27AM (#28277300)
What kind of silly response is this? Of course a rational society would look at the impact of individual decisions extrapolated over the collective.

If nobody got the covid vaccine, would things be better or worse across our society than they are now? Simple question, simple answer, but something you are ignoring and thus you aren't rational.

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Re:FDA grants full approval to Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid shot by s1artibartfast on Monday August 23, 2021 @12:12PM (#28278098)
Of course a rational society would look at this, but it should not only look at this.

Unbounded utilitarian arguments can be used to justify any number of atrocities, and therefore must be bounded by human rights and other factors.

Ultimately, it comes down to what you are and aren't measuring when you are assessing "impact over the collective".

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Re:FDA grants full approval to Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid shot by randomopining on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @07:01PM (#28296045)
Of course. Using an open-ended "well it could lead to this" disregards any nuance that my argument has.

Anything complicated like this requires nuance.

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