Risk Compensation and COVID-19 Vaccines.

Trogen, Brit; Caplan, Arthur · Ann Intern Med · 2021

editorial · Level V

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Abstract

The authors of this commentary discuss the “Peltzman Effect,” a phenomenon in which individuals respond to safety measures with a compensatory increase in risky behavior, and how it relates to the COVID-19 pandemic through “pandemic fatigue” and postvaccination behavior.

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