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Umm...because without the vaccine 10 people would die, and with it only one dies. Not really rocket science...


Evidently you're not familiar with moral philosophy, but there is a difference between taking an action that you know will kill random people vs. not taking the action and leaving things to accident.

Also, there is a problem with the hypothetical, since there are other means of reducing disease than vaccination, e.g. aggressive quarantine and disinfection, trending toward telecommuting or smaller school classroom size, etc.




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