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Study like this are very good to push government to pay vaccination to all kids as early as possible. In Québec they did the vaccination to all the kids at 12y
by alfor 3y ago
Study like this are very good to push government to pay vaccination to all kids as early as possible.
In Québec they did the vaccination to all the kids at 12yo, boys and girls.
- mensetmanusman 3y ago$300 per dose * 100,000:1, so about $30 million per cancer cure that has a 70% survival rate. Up to the voters I guess.
- fwungy 3y agoA policy simply doing -some- good is not sufficient justification given a finite amount of resources to implement it. You need to compare policies against the alternative uses of the resources. Neither is the fact that "lives will be saved" a sufficient justification. You need to compare that against the lives saved with the alternative policy options available with the given resources.
- ahazred8ta 3y agoThe lifetime risk of ever getting cervical cancer is about 1%. So, $30,000 per prevention if you just count the girls, or $60k if you vaccinate the boys as well.
- mensetmanusman 3y ago0.00001% of the US population dies each year of cervical cancer. The cost to vaccinate all americans is on the order of $100B.
- anonuser123456 3y agoThe HPV vaccine also prevents throat cancer in boys.
- alfor 3y ago*Assuming the vaccine has zero risk and don't cause other problems.
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