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The new vaccine is in the market

The new vaccine is in the market

Imagine that you have ten percent chance of catching a new strain of flu virus.
Only one type of vaccine is available which can prevent this type of flu, but it also has a five percent chance of causing symptoms identical to those it is supposed to prevent.
Would you get this vaccine?
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