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is this round free too?? if so, at what point do the governments of the world stop subsidizing covid shots? will a new booster come out ever few months until t

is this round free too?? if so, at what point do the governments of the world stop subsidizing covid shots? will a new booster come out ever few months until then?

robertlagrant 4y ago
Vaccine manufacturers would be crazy to stop making boosters until that point.
- konfusinomicon 4y ago
  the capitalist in me understands. the tax payer is a little more uncertain
  - robertlagrant 4y ago
    I'm with you.
ZanyProgrammer 4y ago
wmf 4y ago
at what point do the governments of the world stop subsidizing covid shots? Considering the costs of infection to the economy, probably never. This has been called the world's easiest cost/benefit calculation.
- version_five 4y ago
  > costs of infection to the economy I think we've seen it's the costs of the political reaction, not the infection itself. Which is ironic because as I understand the way covid becomes dangerous is when the immune system overreacts to it (I don't know if that interpretation is still current)
  - oezi 4y ago
    The napkin math unfortunately is different: Cost per ICU case 100k USD ICU Case per infection: 1% Cost per infection thus 1000 USD Cost per vaccine: x times 20 USD (x=2,3,4)
- incrudible 4y ago
  It may well be a wash, considering that many people call in sick after vaccination and that people eventually get infected at the same rates as those who did not get the latest booster.
zxspectrum1982 4y ago
When they realize how useless the vaccines and boosters are. Studies by Pfizer, Moderna, etc already show effects of the vaccines against COVID-19 last only for a few days. At some point the sensationalism about COVID-19 will fade away and we will we back to normal, with lots of other illnesses (many of them a lot worse than COVID-19), and viruses, and all of that. Outside the Western world, unvaccinated people just go on with their lives and guess what, bodies are not piled up on the streets. Maybe the new variants are milder, maybe there was just a lot of fear when the first wave happened and COVID-19 countermeasures caused many of the deaths. We will probably never know.
- zxspectrum1982 4y ago
  People voting negative to my comment: I am fully vaccinated (booster included) and I travel around the world for work. I know very well what I am talking about. Get out of your little world. The unfortunate reality is for most people the vaccines against COVID-19 are working for just one thing: being able to travel to other countries.
  - konfusinomicon 4y ago
    such a polarizing topic is surely manufactured to be so at this point

is this round free too?? if so, at what point do the governments of the world stop subsidizing covid shots? will a new booster come out ever few months until then?

robertlagrant 4y ago

Vaccine manufacturers would be crazy to stop making boosters until that point.

konfusinomicon 4y ago
the capitalist in me understands. the tax payer is a little more uncertain
- robertlagrant 4y ago
  I'm with you.

ZanyProgrammer 4y ago

wmf 4y ago

at what point do the governments of the world stop subsidizing covid shots? Considering the costs of infection to the economy, probably never. This has been called the world's easiest cost/benefit calculation.

version_five 4y ago
> costs of infection to the economy I think we've seen it's the costs of the political reaction, not the infection itself. Which is ironic because as I understand the way covid becomes dangerous is when the immune system overreacts to it (I don't know if that interpretation is still current)
- oezi 4y ago
  The napkin math unfortunately is different: Cost per ICU case 100k USD ICU Case per infection: 1% Cost per infection thus 1000 USD Cost per vaccine: x times 20 USD (x=2,3,4)
incrudible 4y ago
It may well be a wash, considering that many people call in sick after vaccination and that people eventually get infected at the same rates as those who did not get the latest booster.

zxspectrum1982 4y ago

When they realize how useless the vaccines and boosters are. Studies by Pfizer, Moderna, etc already show effects of the vaccines against COVID-19 last only for a few days. At some point the sensationalism about COVID-19 will fade away and we will we back to normal, with lots of other illnesses (many of them a lot worse than COVID-19), and viruses, and all of that. Outside the Western world, unvaccinated people just go on with their lives and guess what, bodies are not piled up on the streets. Maybe the new variants are milder, maybe there was just a lot of fear when the first wave happened and COVID-19 countermeasures caused many of the deaths. We will probably never know.

zxspectrum1982 4y ago
People voting negative to my comment: I am fully vaccinated (booster included) and I travel around the world for work. I know very well what I am talking about. Get out of your little world. The unfortunate reality is for most people the vaccines against COVID-19 are working for just one thing: being able to travel to other countries.
- konfusinomicon 4y ago
  such a polarizing topic is surely manufactured to be so at this point