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Group interest versus self-interest in smallpox vaccination policy
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The recent threat of bioterrorism has fueled debate on smallpox vaccination policy for the United States. Certain policy proposals call for voluntary mass vaccination; however, if individuals decide whether to vaccinate according to self-interest, the level of herd immunity achieved may differ from what is best for the population as a whole. We present a synthesis of game theory and epidemic modeling that formalizes this conflict between self-interest and group interest and shows that voluntary vaccination is unlikely to reach the group-optimal level. This shortfall results in a substantial increase in expected mortality after an attack.
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- Authors
- Bauch, C. T., Galvani, A. P., & Earn, D. J. D.
- Venue
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Published
- 2003-08-14
- Volume
- 100
- Issue
- 18
- Pages
- 10564-10567
- ISSN
- 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
- 1091-6490
- OpenAlex
- W2030735716
- Cited by
- 410
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 1.36
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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