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Re:Unvaccinated Covid patients cost the U.S. health system b... by Factorium on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @06:23PM (#28532299)
Actually, smokers and obese actually save Governments money on healthcare and pension costs, because they die earlier:

https://taxfoundation.org/new-study-shows-smokers-and-obese-...

"According to the research, a person of normal weight costs on average £210,000 over their lifetime, a smoker just £165,000 and an obese person £187,000."

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Re:Unvaccinated Covid patients cost the U.S. health system b... by justwanttolearn on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @05:07PM (#28544338)
"Because they tend to live longer" so ok let's not vaccinate because the unvaccinated will die off faster and cost the healthcare way less
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