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Editorial
. 2021 Jun;174(6):858-859.
doi: 10.7326/M20-8251. Epub 2021 Mar 2.

Risk Compensation and COVID-19 Vaccines

Brit Trogen  1 , Arthur Caplan  1
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Editorial

Risk Compensation and COVID-19 Vaccines

Brit Trogen et al. Ann Intern Med. 2021 Jun.

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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Disclosures: Authors have reported no disclosures of interest. Forms can be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterestForms.do?msNum=M20-8251.

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