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Because getting infected still carries a significant risk of illness, permanent health problems, or death with it, especially for at-risk groups. Getting vaccin
by Nitrolo 6y ago
Because getting infected still carries a significant risk of illness, permanent health problems, or death with it, especially for at-risk groups. Getting vaccinated would sidestep that risk.
And even if everybody did recover, there's the economic cost of an infection. Productivity missed because workers are sick at home, or worse in a hospital being cared for.
I'm not sure what the dollar figures are, but I would not be surprised if vaccinating a large population turns out to be significantly cheaper than having a small percentage of that large population in ICUs for weeks on end.
- derbOac 6y agoFWIW, correctly or incorrectly, I just read the OP as saying that people who have already been infected might not need to be vaccinated because they already have been exposed. So that figure might be smaller than what the BBC is floating. Not saying that affects the challenge appreciably, just that I read it differently.
- xlm1717 6y agoThe ship has long since sailed for productivity missed.
- AstralStorm 6y agoThe ship will return in a few months, you cannot expect everyone to keep this level of measures indefinitely.