You’re overthinking this. First Doses First would have been the better policy a few months ago, but in most places it just hasn’t taken hold, and delivery has ramped up to the point that appointments are fairly easy to get for anyone who wants it. They’re often a few weeks out, but the optimization of delaying yours by X weeks to get someone else’s X weeks earlier is not worth the effort.
Get your second shot. Show everyone that getting the shots as recommended is the right general answer. Encourage standardization and avoid contrarianism and confusion, except on topics where it’s egregious and clearly needed.
I agree my personal impact on FDF is small, but I’d like it to point in the right direction. I expect the impact would be less like “one person gets their shot X days earlier” and more like “X people get their shot one day earlier”, though I’m not sure which of those would have the bigger effect.
As for the impact on perceptions, I’m not telling many people what I’m doing, and the people I have told don’t have any vaccine hesitancy. So I’m not worried about that.
You’re overthinking this. First Doses First would have been the better policy a few months ago, but in most places it just hasn’t taken hold, and delivery has ramped up to the point that appointments are fairly easy to get for anyone who wants it. They’re often a few weeks out, but the optimization of delaying yours by X weeks to get someone else’s X weeks earlier is not worth the effort.
Get your second shot. Show everyone that getting the shots as recommended is the right general answer. Encourage standardization and avoid contrarianism and confusion, except on topics where it’s egregious and clearly needed.
I agree my personal impact on FDF is small, but I’d like it to point in the right direction. I expect the impact would be less like “one person gets their shot X days earlier” and more like “X people get their shot one day earlier”, though I’m not sure which of those would have the bigger effect.
As for the impact on perceptions, I’m not telling many people what I’m doing, and the people I have told don’t have any vaccine hesitancy. So I’m not worried about that.