Source for this estimate:https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.1377/hlthaff.2020.00426 … To be clear, this is very uncertain, but even at the lower bound of costs for largely asymptomatic young people, vaccines are cheaper than infections in the US
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If 50% of all infections are fully asymptomatic, and most infections are in young people, the median cost of a COVID-19 infection might be as low as $100-$200 USD, which is still many times the cost of a vaccine
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Worth noting that this is also just the DIRECT medical cost (i.e. medications, hospital etc), if you included the INDIRECT costs of infections (time off work, social upheaval etc) infections would be even more expensive
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Now include added costs and mortality from deferred treatment of non-Covid cases.
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The party of "There is no such thing as a free lunch."
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An ICU bed in Spain is about 3,000 euros per day, without taking into account further procedures such as renal or circulatory support...
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Or the cost of surviving sepsis. Which is considerable in $ and quality and quantity of life.
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And for completeness, what is the cost of asymptomatic infections?
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Very low. I address that further down the thread
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