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Re:Why doesn’t natural immunity count in the US? by weaksauce on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @05:56PM (#28531957)
yeah that guy is the one I was talking about. The virus is like playing russian roulette without a vaccine in you.
Re:Why doesn’t natural immunity count in the US? by djrogers on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @06:15PM (#28532210)
Russian Roulette has 1-6 odds, COVID is much closer to 1-6000 than it is to 1-6.
Re:Why doesn’t natural immunity count in the US? by munk-a on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @06:33PM (#28532424)
You may be surprised to hear this - but it's actually the case that fewer people died this year to Russian Roulette than to COVID - and a lot of those people didn't volunteer to spin the wheel. I don't think the specifics about proportional chance of loss are particularly relevant.
Re:Why doesn’t natural immunity count in the US? by throwaway894345 on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @10:28AM (#28539477)
You may be surprised to hear this - but you need to normalize for frequency to make a meaningful comparison.
Re:Why doesn’t natural immunity count in the US? by q-big on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @06:07PM (#28532116)
> The virus is like playing russian roulette without a vaccine in you.

Some people love to gamble.

There exist people who are risk averse, risk neutral, or risk loving (in an economic or psychologic sense): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risk_aversion

Re:Why doesn’t natural immunity count in the US? by munk-a on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @06:32PM (#28532405)
That's cool - you can also love playing Russian Roulette itself - that doesn't mean we have to make it legal for you to actually do that.

If the worst thing a vaccine mandate is doing is preventing you from getting your jollies from being an idiot I see no problem with enforcing a mandate.