Vaccine envy, inoculation etiquette and judging the unjustly jabbed
by Rory Carroll from World news | The Guardian on (#5EPS3)
Queue-jumping triggers rows and resignations - and experts say it could undermine trust in the system
Vaccines against Covid-19 may represent a peak of human ingenuity and achievement - but that still leaves a sticky problem of etiquette: how should you behave during a global scramble for the jab?
When someone jumps the queue and gets vaccinated, do you condemn their selfishness, admire their chutzpah, ask for tips? When a friend or relative is way ahead of you in the queue, are you happy for them or resentful? Is yearning for vaccines a legitimate existential response or is it just a symptom of Vomo - fear of missing out on a vaccine?
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