Category: Cost Benefit

COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters for Young Adults: A Risk-Benefit Assessment and Five Ethical Arguments against Mandates at Universities

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Authors: Kevin Bardosh University of Washington; University of Edinburgh – Edinburgh Medical School Allison Krug Artemis Biomedical Communications LLC Euzebiusz Jamrozik University of Oxford Trudo Lemmens University of Toronto – Faculty of Law Salmaan KeshavjeeHarvard University – Harvard Medical School Vinay Prasad University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Martin A. Makary Johns Hopkins University – […]

Big Pharma Can’t Figure Out How To Cash In On ‘Long COVID’

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Authors:mmDYLAN HOUSMANHEALTHCARE REPORTER July 11, 2022 Major pharmaceutical companies are struggling to develop treatments for “long COVID” because it’s been nearly impossible to nail down what exactly the ailment actually is, according to a new report from The Wall Street Journal. The rapid development of COVID-19 vaccines and antiviral treatments resulted in record-breaking profits for companies like […]

Serious Adverse Events of Special Interest Following mRNA Vaccination in Randomized Trials

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Authors: Joseph Fraiman June 23, 2022 Louisiana State University – Lallie Kemp Regional Medical Center Abstract Introduction: In 2020, prior to COVID-19 vaccine rollout, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations and Brighton Collaboration created a priority list, endorsed by the World Health Organization, of potential adverse events relevant to COVID-19 vaccines. We leveraged the Brighton […]

The Bizarre Refusal to Apply Cost-Benefit Analysis to COVID Debates

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Are those who oppose a ban on cars or a radical reduction in speed limits sociopaths, given the huge number of people they are knowingly consigning to death or maiming? Authors: Glenn Greenwald 5 hr ago 285536 In virtually every realm of public policy, Americans embrace policies which they know will kill people, sometimes large […]