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Let’s say it cost $5 per person to vaccinate against smallpox. That’s well over $1 billion to vaccinate all Americans against a disease that no longer exists. S
by mikeash 8y ago
Let’s say it cost $5 per person to vaccinate against smallpox. That’s well over $1 billion to vaccinate all Americans against a disease that no longer exists. Surely we could do something more useful with that money. Maybe vaccinate against a disease people can still catch.
- ComputerGuru 8y ago1 billion isn’t even worthy of a line item in the defense budget. Stick it there as part of national security in the event of biological warfare. QED.
- nojvek 8y agoYes but that 1 billion could go to the defense contractors, lobbyists and “donations” to politicians. Why would any rational politician do that?