> if that same vaccine were given to a front line health care worker, or to a young partier who just can't seem to help themselves from giving it to 25 other people, including 3 grandparents, we solve the disease, we address the externality, and we protect old people, much more effectively

I was just thinking this the other day and wondering if I was some horrible monster. People looked at me like I was crazy. There's some comfort in knowing that whichever side of history this viewpoint lands on, there is a sense in which it was right by correctness if not by popularity.