Risk Compensation and COVID-19 Vaccines #MMPMID33646837
Trogen B; Caplan A
Ann Intern Med 2021[Jun]; 174 (6): 858-859 PMID33646837show ga
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.