The entire scenario reminds me of stories of ancient civilizations sacrificing the lives of young women to appease the gods into granting good fortunes for the greater good. The vaccination program may turn out to be the modern equivalent of this sacrifice, but we will do it on mass-production scale.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://hypothesis-discovery.com/2021/04/25/sacrificial-offerings-for-the-greater-good/