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Re:War Is a Racket (1935) by hammock on Thursday May 25, 2023 @05:50PM (#36076716)
Typically the way it is done is by calculating how many years of healthy life you saved
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Re:War Is a Racket (1935) by bee_rider on Thursday May 25, 2023 @06:06PM (#36076913)
Which would, of course, bring the “money saved by vaccines” number down a bit.

On the other hand, if we were able to factor in the benefit of milder cases and less long COVID/other side effects, I guess the number would go up a bit.

I suspect it is just too complicated for us to work out here.

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