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by op00to 1855 days ago
If you get COVID, statistically you’ll pass it on to a few people. Let’s hope you live amongst less selfish people so your own selfish behavior doesn’t affect other.
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Statistically, I'm most likely to pass it on to 0 people, because the pareto principle applies:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7674790/

Furthermore, the people I could pass it on to are either taking the same risk as me (which is fair), or they want to but couldn't get the vaccine yet, in which case they should be vaccinated first, not me.

Source please? Just by saying "statistically" does not make it true.
R0 > 1 rings any bells?
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