Vaccines– expensive and confusing
So, do we give vaccines to keep us healthy? If they’re so important, then why does the CDC routinely change vaccine recommendations based on what’s available? And what is the real financial cost of vaccines? It looks like it costs a couple thousand dollars per child to fully vaccinate them. Insurance picks up the cost for those that are covered (which really means all of us who are insured pick up the cost). And for those who aren’t insured? Well, all of us who pay taxes pick up the cost. Theoretically, this is supposed to save us the pain, trauma and expense of childhood (and some adult) diseases. But does it really? What about the pain, trauma and expense of autism? How about diabetes and other auto-immune diseases? I’m just not sure we’re really sparing anybody anything with our current infatuation with a vaccine for everything.
