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Because hospitals aren’t full of people with rabies.
by pupppet 5y ago
Because hospitals aren’t full of people with rabies.
- wyldfire 5y agoBut...neither are they full of people with varicella (nor were they ever). So that's clearly not the only reason to vaccinate people. I suppose rabies doesn't spread as easily between people, that might be a likely reason we don't vaccinate for it.
- throwaway0a5e 5y agoThe rabies vaccine is expensive, unpleasant, only confers protection for a limited time and is still effective after exposure but before the disease develops. There's no point in wasting the money to subjugate everyone to that when you can just vaccinate the people who have come in contact with rabies or are at risk of having done so.
- t-writescode 5y agoIt’s expensive because America wants it expensive. It’s not expensive in other countries (PReP isn’t. PEP is). It’s also not unpleasant. PEP is because it’s a lot of shots, but PReP is just, like, 3.
- refurb 5y agoNo it’s expensive because vaccinating 360M people when 1-2 died each year now isn’t cheap even when a PreP dose is cheap.
- t-writescode 5y agoPReP would be cheaper, actually. And, most people pay for their vaccines via insurance. The flu shot isn’t free.
- maximus-decimus 5y agoInsurance doesn't make money appear out of thin air. If they paid for a rabbies vaccine for everyone, they would charge everyone enough extra to cover for it.
- t-writescode 5y agoAnd the mass production of it would greatly reduce its price. We don't pay much for our pets' rabies vaccine, for example.
- oasisbob 5y agoThe rabies vaccine is relatively expensive compared to others, even abroad. When vaccinating in India, the rabies jabs were the most expensive by an order of magnitude.
- HarryHirsch 5y agoNon-pharmaceutical interventions work extremely well for rabies - stay away from wildlife, bat-proof your house, that's about it. Can't do that with varicella.