What kind of a person are you? The vaccine will tell all
Intellectual (Moderna), uncontroversial (Pfizer), cosmopolitan (AstraZeneca) or an outlaw (J&J)?
25 April 2021 - 09:13
In matters of human affairs, there is little stranger than our tendency to draw fine distinctions of style and status where none are needed. We do it with hats, with indie rock groups, with pre-school programmes and, now, with vaccines.
I have observed a growing divergence of perceptions for what is essentially a mundane scientific and medical device. As I resume my in-person social life, I have been struck by how often the question arises: “So which vaccine did you get?”..
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