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Epidemiologist. Writer (Guardian, Observer etc). "Well known research trouble-maker". PhDing at @UoW Host of @senscipod Email gidmk.healthnerd@gmail.com he/him

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    Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Sep 16

    COST OF A VACCINE: ~$30 USD COST OF A SYMPTOMATIC COVID-19 CASE: ~$3,500 USDpic.twitter.com/G6cxZH44X1

    3:32 PM - 16 Sep 2021
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    • whatwhat William Wilson A_Tangle Michelle on KP Dr. Natalie Steinel Mathias Vestergaard Victoria Cooley Nandhini Arya Stark DR. CHUCK!
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      2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Sep 16

        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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      3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Sep 16

        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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      4. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Sep 16

        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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      2. Carl T. Bergstrom‏Verified account @CT_Bergstrom Sep 16
        Replying to @GidMK

        "It's free."https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/14/health/unvaccinated-covid-patients-treatment-cost/index.html …

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      3. Parichy Lab‏ @parichylab Sep 16
        Replying to @CT_Bergstrom @GidMK

        Now include added costs and mortality from deferred treatment of non-Covid cases.

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      1. Weltgeist redux  💉 💉‏ @Sociopathblog Sep 16
        Replying to @GidMK

        The party of "There is no such thing as a free lunch."

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      2. aure‏ @maureviv Sep 16
        Replying to @GidMK

        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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      3. Princess Buttercup  ☠ 🎗️‏ @sckitupbuttercp Sep 16
        Replying to @maureviv @GidMK

        Or the cost of surviving sepsis. Which is considerable in $ and quality and quantity of life.

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      2. Cary Grant‏ @BothaBoy Sep 16
        Replying to @GidMK

        And for completeness, what is the cost of asymptomatic infections?

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      3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Sep 16
        Replying to @BothaBoy

        Very low. I address that further down the thread

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