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have to remember that for polio vaccine the regime is 3-4 doses. So it increases to 3 per 250,000 people. Going by typical financial calculations in the US jud
by manquer 5y ago
have to remember that for polio vaccine the regime is 3-4 doses. So it increases to 3 per 250,000 people.
Going by typical financial calculations in the US judicial system for permanent career ending injuries damages per case could be in the low millions, excluding punitive damages a jury can award and lawyer costs etc .
If manufacturers (many times only licensing the vaccine) held liability their per dose cost of liability would be $1-10 range, the current price of OPV vaccine is much lower than that
- scotty79 5y agoNot sure if you can alter probability like that. I doubt that probabilities of getting side effects from each dose are independent.
- manquer 5y agoIn this case it likely is, as effect is not on the person taking the vaccine, OPV doses can spread VDPV to other un-vaccinated people near them. There shouldn't have any impact on number of vaccine derived polio cases unless viral loads differ etc between doses.
- throw10920 5y ago"It would be too expensive" is an invalid argument for assigning responsibility for damages resulting from a sold product.
- manquer 5y agoIt doesn't need to be sold in the commercial free market sense, vaccines with liability waivers bought by governmental organizations. Governments have to balance the needs of the society over potential harm to few, same reason there is immunity for cops, prosecutors and judges etc.