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Topic Title: Big Pharma behind anti-vax misinformation Topic Summary: Created On: 07/18/2022 11:18 AM |
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07/18/2022 11:18 AM
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Because the unvaccinated are much more profitable.
A recent analysis estimated that 342,000 unvaccinated people were hospitalized with COVID-19 in the USA over a 3-month period this summer, and each hospitalization costs about $20,000. Though the analysis "made assumptions that result in a conservative estimate of costs attributable to preventable, unvaccinated hospitalizations", it concluded that "total preventable costs for those three months now stand at an estimated $5.7 billion". While this analysis did not specify how much money was spent on pharmaceutical agents, clearly these costs make up a substantial part of any hospital bill. As any doctor knows, patients hospitalized with COVID-19 are treated with a cocktail of pain medications, steroids, antibiotics, sedatives, and anti-viral agents. While some of these medications are cheap, others can be quite expensive. Remdesivir, for example, costs over $3,100 per treatment course. Given how hospitals seek to maximize profit, even a single Tylenol pill can cost $15. In contrast, the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine costs $19.50 per dose, while the Moderna vaccine costs $15 per dose. Medicare also pays about $40 for administering the vaccine. As such, vaccinating these 342,000 individuals with two mRNA doses would have cost around $41 million, though only about $13.5 million of this would have gone to pharmaceutical companies. Even if every unvaccinated patient hospitalized with COVID-19 was treated with just nine $15 Tylenol pills, the vaccines would save money. Overall, the cost of a COVID-19 hospitalization is 150 times more expensive than vaccination. Notably, the vaccines are very effective at keeping people alive and out of the hospital, and we should all be grateful to everyone involved in their development. http://sciencebasedmedicine.or...P3gJ2PjrxtCX58l6eHb6DI |
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07/18/2022 11:52 AM
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This analysis is incomplete. Roughly 110 million Americans received no vaccination. At $40 per does, the unvaccinated saved us over $8 billion for a 2 dose regimen by not getting vaccinated. Not getting vaccinated, therefore, was the most cost effective means of dealing with covid.
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07/18/2022 12:59 PM
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Not when you add in ICU days, ventilator support, long term rehab or funeral costs.
------------------------- “It is the heart of US policy to use fascism to preserve capitalism while claiming to be saving democracy from communism “ - Michael Parenti |
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07/18/2022 01:03 PM
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------------------------- "Its easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled" - Mark Twain |
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07/18/2022 01:05 PM
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07/18/2022 01:34 PM
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How much does it cost the government for each RegenerRonDeSantis treatment?
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07/18/2022 01:35 PM
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Oh,
Additionally, COVID-19 patients can incur significant healthcare costs even if they are not hospitalized. Many outpatients are eligible to receive expensive monoclonal antibodies. Regeneron charges $1,250 per infusion, while other monoclonal antibodies costs about $2,100 per infusion. These costs do not include fees charged by treatment centers. Overall, an analysis of COVID-19 outpatients from a private insurance company found treatment costs were $500-$1,000 per patient. This adds up to a lot of money considering millions of Americans were infected this summer. |
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07/18/2022 02:36 PM
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This analysis is incomplete. Roughly 110 million Americans received no vaccination. At $40 per does, the unvaccinated saved us over $8 billion for a 2 dose regimen by not getting vaccinated. Not getting vaccinated, therefore, was the most cost effective means of dealing with covid. This only accounts for three months. lol ------------------------- I was right. |
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