"[M]uch pandemic policy ... is rife with status quo bias. Possible risks from medical intervention are inflated in perceived moral significance, while objectively greater risks from the pandemic are comparatively neglected." https://t.co/AqxhHW3N4N
As I argue in 'Pandemic Ethics and Status Quo Risk', the deaths resulting from our vaccine obstructionist policies were *caused by*, and not just allowed by, those policy choices. https://t.co/4nZ1rmMKSW
For more depth on the ethical significance of status quo risk, see my article in *Public Health Ethics*: https://t.co/4nZ1rmMd3o