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by mensetmanusman 1649 days ago
3 shots for 2 year olds, yikes.

I wonder what number of shots they would have to move to before people became suspicious of the cost benefit analysis. There has to be some environmental impact making all these 5 billion throw away needles.

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Kids get a ton of vaccines when they’re young - part of the reason why infant mortality has declined in the West.

https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/hcp/imz/child-adolesc...

Good question. Would you rather use plastic cups and cutlery for convnience, or a single use needle needed to administer some medication. I'm geniuenly curious which way would the votes go.
The impact is negligible, just more virtue signaling.