If You are Healthy and Refuse to Take the Vaccine, You Are a Free Rider Healthy people who refuse to be vaccinated gain the benefits of living in a community without paying the cost. Being vaccinated allows a person to live with less fear. The vaccine’s ultimate goal—the return of normal life—is achieved only when we act together.

a. Explain why someone who is healthy and has not opted out of receiving the Covid-19 vaccine on medical or religious grounds and refuses to be vaccinated is a “free rider.”

b. Should Covid-19 vaccinations be compulsory?
Explain your answer.