Important caveat from @DhruvKhullar: "we know for sure that the vaccines...prevent severe illness in almost all people who are inoculated...we’re not yet certain that the vaccines can prevent people from becoming infected or infecting others."https://www.newyorker.com/science/medical-dispatch/how-getting-vaccinated-will-and-wont-change-my-behavior …
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Btw I wrote this in my piece today. People misunderstand the whole marshmallow experiment/delay thing. Willpower is not divorced from hope and social conditions—and evidence. And we have evidence! These vaccines should call for celebration, not gloom. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/12/wait-until-march/617410/ …pic.twitter.com/54e7YhKzU4
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The socioeconomic context of the marshmallow test responses is a relevant analogy. That said, the utility of the analogy fades as time passes. Not that reasonable to compare “waiting 15 minutes for the second marshmallow” with “waiting nine months-plus to see Mom again.”
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