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Re:More Americans are saying they’re ‘vaxxed and done’ by kevinmchugh on Monday January 10, 2022 @04:31PM (#29882905)
Most of the unvaxxed are in places without access to vaccines and those populations will continue to be a source of new variants. Delta and Omicron both came from places/times that had very limited access to vaccines.

If someone in the US continues to reject vaccination, I don't know what to do about it at this point. But there's big populations that haven't been vaccinated because they haven't had a chance. It's crucial to give them that chance.

Re:More Americans are saying they’re ‘vaxxed and done’ by burrows on Monday January 10, 2022 @04:39PM (#29883016)
People should put more energy/money into getting vaccines to people who want them but don’t have access to them? Why?
Re:More Americans are saying they’re ‘vaxxed and done’ by nicoburns on Monday January 10, 2022 @05:08PM (#29883443)
1. Because there is a harmful disease and we have an available protection. It seems obvious that there is moral prerogative to make that protection to those who want and need it.

2. Because the quicker and more widely covid spreads the more chance it has to evolve new variants, and those variants will spread worldwide. So everyone has an interest in slowing it down everywhere in order to protect themselves against potential future variants.

Re:More Americans are saying they’re ‘vaxxed and done’ by kevinmchugh on Monday January 10, 2022 @04:50PM (#29883162)
Poor people in other countries are still people
Re:More Americans are saying they’re ‘vaxxed and done’ by burrows on Monday January 10, 2022 @04:57PM (#29883295)
People are people.

This tautology doesn’t inform me of anything.

Re:More Americans are saying they’re ‘vaxxed and done’ by harlanlewis on Monday January 10, 2022 @05:02PM (#29883361)
Aside from basic humanitarianism, I'd really like to drop the word "mutations" from the "should my kid see his grandparents" discussion. I only get to do that if we apply public health solutions to public health problems, though.
Re:More Americans are saying they’re ‘vaxxed and done’ by burrows on Monday January 10, 2022 @05:38PM (#29883898)
People who are not you should spent money so your kid can see his grandparents?
Re:More Americans are saying they’re ‘vaxxed and done’ by PaulDavisThe1st on Monday January 10, 2022 @06:18PM (#29884468)
Public health care problems (which fundamentally is what COVID19 is, rather than a personal health care problem) require that various human collectives spend money so that people's children can see their grandparents.

Are you this unempathic and selfish in real life?

Re:More Americans are saying they’re ‘vaxxed and done’ by burrows on Monday January 10, 2022 @07:31PM (#29885328)
If asked to pay for children who I don’t know to get meatspace time with their extended gene clan, who I also don’t know, I will decline and recommend they use Zoom.

> Are you this unempathic and selfish in real life?

I do as little as possible for people who do not do for me.

Re:More Americans are saying they’re ‘vaxxed and done’ by PaulDavisThe1st on Monday January 10, 2022 @07:48PM (#29885505)
"yes" would have been a shorter answer.
Re:More Americans are saying they’re ‘vaxxed and done’ by burrows on Monday January 10, 2022 @09:12PM (#29886361)
I wanted to be totally clear.
Re:More Americans are saying they’re ‘vaxxed and done’ by ls15 on Monday January 10, 2022 @05:55PM (#29884135)
What else would you do with the remaining doses?