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Originally Posted by TheyCallMeBruce
Primary health care is provided to people not because they opted out on a life saving treatment.
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No but it is often given to people consequent to poor life choices. Obesity, smoking, alcohol, drugs... These all result from people who have failed to pay heed to scientific evidence and cost the healthcare system billions of dollars. I don't see anyone saying that we should make people with COPD from smoking 40 years pay for their treatment.
As I said I agree with vaccines, I think that they are amazing in nearly every single way and have helped prevent countless diseases and deaths. However the approach of people is one of alienation and ridicule, which doesn't help, it makes things worse by getting people defensive.
The fact that likely half of the people on this board don't get their flu vaccine is pretty hilarious by the way, if someone got influenza without the vaccine, should they pay for that treatment?