I like vaccines and suspect they (or antibiotics) account for the majority of the value provided by the medical system. I don’t usually see discussion of what can be done to promote or improve vaccines, so I don’t know much about it, but the important part is they remain available and get improved and promoted in whatever ways are reasonable.
Beyond that, a major health problem is obesity and here semaglutide seems like it would help a lot.
[I] suspect [vaccines] (or antibiotics) account for the majority of the value provided by the medical system
Though I agree that vaccines and antibiotics are extraordinarily beneficial and cost-effective interventions, I suspect you’re missing essential value fountains in our medical system. Two that come to mind are surgery and emergency medicine.
I’ve spoken to several surgeons about their work, and they all said that one of the great things about their job is seeing the immediate and obvious benefits to patients. (Of course, surgery wouldn’t be nearly as effective without antibiotics, so potentially, this smuggles something in.)
Emergency medicine also provides a lot of benefits. Someone was going to die from bleeding, and we sewed them up. Boom! We avoid a $2.5 million loss. Accidental deaths would be much higher in the US without emergency medicine personnel.
Another one to look into would be perinatal care. I haven’t examined it, but I suspect it adds billions or trillions to the US economy by producing humans with a higher baseline health and capacity.
I like vaccines and suspect they (or antibiotics) account for the majority of the value provided by the medical system. I don’t usually see discussion of what can be done to promote or improve vaccines, so I don’t know much about it, but the important part is they remain available and get improved and promoted in whatever ways are reasonable.
Beyond that, a major health problem is obesity and here semaglutide seems like it would help a lot.
Saying “whatever ways are reasonable” is ignoring the key issues.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. believes that all vaccines should require placebo-blind trials to be licensed the most other drugs do.
Do you believe that Medicaid/Medicare should just pay the sticker price for everyone who wants it?
Though I agree that vaccines and antibiotics are extraordinarily beneficial and cost-effective interventions, I suspect you’re missing essential value fountains in our medical system. Two that come to mind are surgery and emergency medicine.
I’ve spoken to several surgeons about their work, and they all said that one of the great things about their job is seeing the immediate and obvious benefits to patients. (Of course, surgery wouldn’t be nearly as effective without antibiotics, so potentially, this smuggles something in.)
Emergency medicine also provides a lot of benefits. Someone was going to die from bleeding, and we sewed them up. Boom! We avoid a $2.5 million loss. Accidental deaths would be much higher in the US without emergency medicine personnel.
Another one to look into would be perinatal care. I haven’t examined it, but I suspect it adds billions or trillions to the US economy by producing humans with a higher baseline health and capacity.