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I would provide access to the vaccine and individuals could choose whether they wanted to take it.

It actually doesn't lead us to overpopulation. Once wealth & education increases to a certain point cultures change and people have fewer children. Paul Ehrlich went over this in the 60s and then made the famous wager with Simon over resources. I think this Malthusian argument has been thoroughly debunked.

The best result for the well being of whole populations is generally achieved by each person in that population doing what is best for themselves.



I would provide access to the vaccine and individuals could choose whether they wanted to take it.

That actually is a really bad idea from a public health perspective. Generally you need well in excess of 50% of the population to be vaccinated before it starts to provide protection to non-vaccinated individuals.

See:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herd_immunity http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_modelling_of_infec...




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