Originally posted by Jimski
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The comparison is a bit apples with oranges as well, as the full population of 18-30 year olds will include a noticeable percentage where the personal benefit of the vaccine is not ambiguous as it would be for a fit person of that age range with no known underlying conditions (some healthy young people like this die of COVID, we know that, but it's extremely rare... and some healthy young people also die of the COVID vaccine, which again is exceedingly rare). That percentage would drop dramatically in the Premiership Footballer cohort, though. The sort of reasons why an 18-30 year old would clearly benefit from being vaccinated being typically incompatible with a career as a professional athlete.
It would be tricky to factor those individuals whose motivation is something else on top of their general social conscious/ethical responsibilities out from the stats. But that would be needed to have a proper like-with-like comparison of the level of selfishness and entitlement of Premiership Footballers against their general peer group. My unsubstantiated estimation is it is not much different, though.
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