I also want to offer an “offsets” perspective, for anyone who can access a vaccine but feels uneasy about doing so.
Namely: in classic EA fashion, I hypothesize “choose to let yourself slip further back in line” is not the most effective way to put your resources towards getting the vaccine to someone else sooner.
Let’s say the cost to you of delaying your own vaccination (in mental health, lost productivity, money spent not taking public transit, whatever it may be for you) is something you value at one day of lost time.
I would much rather see you choose to get vaccinated as soon as you are able, and spend an entire day volunteering to help get underserved populations signed up for vaccine appointments counterfactually sooner.
(Perhaps phonebank with http://vaccinateca.com/? Perhaps reach out to essential workers you know personally, and offer to drive them?)
I don’t have a rigorous argument here, I’m just broadly happier to see effort/resources going towards active thinking about how to accelerate distribution into the arms that need it the most, rather than that same amount of effort/resources burned on someone who could’ve been vaccinated and gain some freedom instead continue staying home being cranky and cooped-up and unproductive.
Ya that seems like a decent approach for people that want to get one early. To be clear, I know of people who are making the arguments I said above to justify getting one early (and who have no plans to offset), and I think there are other arguments to justify getting it early, but I don’t think “there are many opening available in the bay” is backed up by evidence from what I can tell.
I also want to offer an “offsets” perspective, for anyone who can access a vaccine but feels uneasy about doing so.
Namely: in classic EA fashion, I hypothesize “choose to let yourself slip further back in line” is not the most effective way to put your resources towards getting the vaccine to someone else sooner.
Let’s say the cost to you of delaying your own vaccination (in mental health, lost productivity, money spent not taking public transit, whatever it may be for you) is something you value at one day of lost time.
I would much rather see you choose to get vaccinated as soon as you are able, and spend an entire day volunteering to help get underserved populations signed up for vaccine appointments counterfactually sooner.
(Perhaps phonebank with http://vaccinateca.com/? Perhaps reach out to essential workers you know personally, and offer to drive them?)
I don’t have a rigorous argument here, I’m just broadly happier to see effort/resources going towards active thinking about how to accelerate distribution into the arms that need it the most, rather than that same amount of effort/resources burned on someone who could’ve been vaccinated and gain some freedom instead continue staying home being cranky and cooped-up and unproductive.
Ya that seems like a decent approach for people that want to get one early. To be clear, I know of people who are making the arguments I said above to justify getting one early (and who have no plans to offset), and I think there are other arguments to justify getting it early, but I don’t think “there are many opening available in the bay” is backed up by evidence from what I can tell.
Right. AFAICT the openings available are in Sacramento, Auburn, or other places >1 hr drive.