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Suppose there's a vaccine that has a 1 in a million chance to kill you. Also suppose you have a 1% chance to catch and die from a disease without the vaccine.
by stefan_kendall 13y ago
Suppose there's a vaccine that has a 1 in a million chance to kill you.
Also suppose you have a 1% chance to catch and die from a disease without the vaccine.
You would take the vaccine every time.
- stillsut 13y agoNot necessarily. Let's apply that to the Herpes Virus known to be risk factor for cervical cancer. There is a greater than 1% you catch the disease. But, the risk you die from it is lower, maybe in 10,000? (Even the people who research it probably would have a hard time giving an estimate within an order of magnitude). So would a parent give it to their child at 1 in a million? Assuming every child is given this vaccine 10M+, there would be around a dozen known fatalities. Both parents and FDA would probably have big problems with this. (Disclaimer: this a hypothetical using a known condition but with made up facts. I take no position on "the vaccine debate" here.)