Peltzman Effect: Why Covid cases are soaring after jabs
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New Delhi, April 9 : An increasing number of people, including doctors, are testing positive from the Covid-19 infections even after taking both doses of vaccinated. The reason could be an increase in the risk-taking behaviour, prompted by the rollout of vaccines against the deadly virus, better understood as the Peltzman Effect .
Peltzman Effect has been termed after Sam Peltzman, an economist at the University of Chicago, who first described it in 1975. According to the theory, when safety measures are mandated, people s perception of risk decreases, making them take riskier decisions.
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