Moral obligation to have the vaccine. Is one of us being selfish?

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We are in our mid 70s and are both very fit. We have strictly observed the rules from the beginning. The on-line calculator says we should be due for the vaccine in February.

DH says he won’t have it yet so that someone further down the line can be vaccinated. I think we have a moral obligation to vaccinate.

His view is that we we only go to the supermarket, we wear masks and wash our hands. I think that even though we have minimal chance of catching the virus he should protect me before others.

We will be paying for this for a generation. The government is borrowing to pay for support now. If you can’t be bothered to take a vaccine in the context of a public health emergency then clearly you don’t really get the idea of a vaccine and why it is necessary.

The whole country has been sacrificing their physical, mental, financial and emotional health; now there is huffing about taking the vaccine. It’s self centred just at the point where we need to pull together.

Everyone should have absolute autonomy over what goes into their body. No one has any kind of obligation in that regard. If someone doesn't want a vaccine, that's absolutely fine and none of your business.

Actually you do have such autonomy. But don’t say it is absolutely fine. There are problems with measles because of autonomy. No you can’t compel the use, but don’t pretend in the context of medical emergency that affects the whole nation that it’s less than public spirited.