FDA Approves First Covid-19 Vaccine

Re:FDA Approves First Covid-19 Vaccine by handoflixue on Monday August 23, 2021 @04:17PM (#28281361)

It's a simple risk-reward calculation: the vaccine protects me from Covid-19. The chance of side effects is very low. The chance of severe, long-term complications that cause me more than $250K in damages is even lower.

Yeah, there's a tiny risk that I'll end up in a situation where I get screwed over, but I'm significantly more likely to suffer harm from Covid.

Your own calculations will vary, of course - this is just the math given my own risk factors.

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Re:FDA Approves First Covid-19 Vaccine by slumdev on Monday August 23, 2021 @04:37PM (#28281582)

It's actually the math that I'm questioning, not the subjective aspects.

The quantity of money required to support my family in the event of my death is not affected by the odds of my death.

Whether I'm the perfect image of health or an obese, chainsmoking, binge drinker, the mortgage bill is always the same amount.

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Re:FDA Approves First Covid-19 Vaccine by handoflixue on Monday August 23, 2021 @06:28PM (#28282820)

Yeah, but if I have a 10% chance of dying to Covid and getting $0 for my family... or a 0.01% chance of dying to the vaccine and getting $250K...

Well, I feel like the latter is a much better deal, even if it's still not ideal.

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