In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Sun, 19 Dec 2021 21:49:11 -0500: Hi,
Terry only quoted my post. However You are obviously correct about the overall cost to society. >That would not save any money. On the contrary, it would cost hundreds of >times more than vaccinations. A vaccinated person seldom gets sick. An >unvaccinated person who suffers from a mild case of COVID or influenza will >have to spend a week or two recuperating. That means missing days of work, >and taking over the counter medication. The cost of the missed work and >medication far exceeds the cost of two or three vaccines. Also, some number >of people will die from Omicron no matter how mild it is. Even if it is as >mild as influenza, it will kill hundreds of thousands, and many others will >suffer long term damage, whereas not a single person has died or been >seriously hurt by the mRNA vaccines, even after 6 billion doses. So, the >vaccine is far safer. > >Influenza is less deadly than Omicron, yet influenza vaccines are far >cheaper and safer than getting influenza. That is why governments >everywhere subsidize them and give them out for free. > >A vaccine is always cheaper and safer than the disease it prevents. That is >why children are given vaccines for chickenpox and mumps, which are seldom >deadly diseases. (Children in the US have to get these vaccines to attend >school.) Regards, Robin van Spaandonk <mixent...@aussiebroadband.com.au>
