Vaccination and the Social Contract
My understanding of the social contract is that we look out for each other and act for the common good. To be selfless not selfish. Vaccination protects you and it protects others.
The Ontario R# for today for Covid-19 has been calculated at 1.30 (Imgrund). If you are unfamiliar with R this is a measure of a viruses ability to reproduce. An infected person will go on to infect 1.3 other people. Any R value above 1 means exponential growth.
Get a vaccination. Do it to protect yourself, your loved ones, and your community. In about a month when school starts again there will be a Covid-19 surge, however, vaccination protects you and those you love. For people in Ontario if you get vaccinated your chance of getting Covid-19 is 93% lower.
Every week people buy lottery tickets where their chance of winning is 0.00000715%.
I love this animation – succinct and humorous. The pandemic shows us that the social contract is in danger. It is hard for me to watch as people refuse to take even a small action to protect others.
Go get the vaccine! Reach out to me if you need help. I can give you a lift. I can provide child care. Issues of equity do need to addressed – let me help.
