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The cost of the latest version of the vaccine may no longer be covered for roughly 25 million Americans.

Archived version: https://archive.ph/OwVaT

SpinScore: https://spinscore.io/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftruthout.org%2Farticles%2Fcovid-vaccines-may-cost-200-for-uninsured-people-due-to-federal-funding-cuts%2F

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[–] finley@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Oh great, I guess I’m getting Covid this year

[–] Codilingus@sh.itjust.works -2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Not how vaccines work, they lower the chance of extreme symptoms and increase survival chances. They don't prevent catching the illness.

[–] EleventhHour@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

While it’s not a 100% guarantee of prevention, they absolutely can help prevent infection by significantly boosting immunity. Even previous boosters can help prevent future variants:

https://www.pennmedicine.org/news/news-releases/2024/march/new-findings-on-immune-response-to-initial-covid-vaccine

[–] Codilingus@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

True! I was more or less being lazy and keeping it simple.

[–] EleventhHour@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

No, you were just wrong and being a dick about it

[–] finley@lemm.ee 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

They can also greatly lower the chance of catching the disease in the first place by increasing immunity, so it seems like I’m not the one who needs a lecture about how the vaccines work.

Unless someone asks you, keep your fallacious medical advice to yourself.

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[–] Codilingus@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 months ago