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spoonjim
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EU vaccine rollout severely lags behind
Should the US government choose a policy that allows one American to die or a policy that allows 1 billion non-Americans to die? To many, the answer is obvious.
nec4b
on March 23, 2021
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Would you save your kid from dying if that meant 10 other strangers would die instead?
smnrchrds
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The real number is 7900:1, not 10:1. Also, you can flip you statement and come to a difference conclusion.
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/covid-data/investi...
spoonjim
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I would save my kid if it meant every other person on Earth dying. But government isn’t our daddy and can hopefully make more dispassionate decisions.
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