https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/10/29/Why-All-Vaccines-Should-Be-Free/
"Want to ease the burden of health-care costs, and especially hospitalization?
Easy. Just spend whatever it costs to provide all Canadians with free
vaccinations — for life.
The other day I went to the local pharmacy for my flu and COVID-19 shots, which
are free to all B.C. residents. I asked the pharmacist about the vaccination
for respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV.
I learned that it would cost me about $300. And a vaccination for shingles,
recommended for adults age 50 and older and sometimes administered together
with the RSV vaccine, costs about $160 per dose.
Like most people, I pondered whether it was worth spending that amount to stay
out of hospital and maybe stay alive; older adults are at highest risk for RSV
complications, and shingles disproportionately affects adults aged 60 and
older.
But I decided I had better uses for the money.
Then I asked myself: Why should any of us old folks pay for any vaccine?"
Via Violet Blue’s
Threat Model - Covid: October 30, 2025
https://www.patreon.com/posts/covid-october-30-142391154
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
