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the government has no business in the std business. end of story.


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I'm not sure that I agree with that...
Certainly, the government should be involved in vaccinations as much, or more, than many other things. Should they be involved in flouridation? Social programs? Drug regulation?


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no, no, and no. private sector would do much much better at all of those.
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Transmittable diseases have consequences for society at large, not just the individuals who contract them, and the nature of many diseases is such that you can't partially eliminate them.

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A) market failure
B) negative externalities

there is no grounds for government involvement.

for flu vaccines, that argument can be made. not so such much in this case. and even if you could make a case, you still shouldn't enact the policy, since there are so many other externalities that are so much more important that this money could be working on (opportunity cost is too high).