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by SkyMarshal 1742 days ago
True, and also keep in mind that expectation value incorporates not just relative odds of occurrence, but relative harm as well.

The immediate harm of getting the vaccine is much lower than the immediate harm of contracting the virus, and furthermore the vaccine reduces both the odds and harm of the virus.

All that is factored into the comparative E(V) too.