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“Selfishness” is not how I would characterize the motivations of people who haven’t vaccinated.

By the way, I have been vaccinated for months, but I can understand that others may not want to for reasons other than those I would describe as “selfish”.

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Wait, how is it non-selfish? I've only ever heard selfish reasons to not get the vaccine, e.g. that there could be side effects to them personally so they selfishly decide to not get the vaccine.

You have a bazillion replies sprayed across this whole thread. Many of them are extremely confrontational, baselessly accusatory, and certainly not convincing. What do you think you’re accomplishing?

I got the vaccine. Still, I can easily come up with like a dozen good faith, non-selfish reasons to avoid getting it. Are you unwilling to brainstorm a little, or are you just being disingenuous?

The only non-selfish reason I can think of is that you're misinformed.

Regardless of their motivation, remaining unvaccinated is a selfish choice, same as driving around burning gasoline recreationally.

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