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Re:FDA Approves First Covid-19 Vaccine by tomp on Monday August 23, 2021 @12:31PM (#28278376)
No, that's just a common excuse. People still smoke, eat McDonalds, rarely exercise, drive in cars, take drugs, have unprotected sex, drink alcohol, ... long-term consequences be damned.
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Re:FDA Approves First Covid-19 Vaccine by pythonaut_16 on Monday August 23, 2021 @12:51PM (#28278696)
The long term consequences of those things are fairly well known/intuitive at this point.

People are bad at optimizing for low and long term risks, but doing something knowing it's bad for you is different than being anxious about what unknown effects a treatment might have.

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Re:FDA Approves First Covid-19 Vaccine by rajin444 on Monday August 23, 2021 @12:48PM (#28278638)
The long term effects of all of those listed are fairly well understood. It's about known risk vs. unknown risk.
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