• boonhet@sopuli.xyz
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      13 hours ago

      It’s “nothing much” if the alternative is the risk of all the issues you can get from HPV.

      • mathemachristian [he/him]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        I know people that wouldn’t be able to afford it. You get that the consequnce to paywalled healthcare is having sick people and not people just sucking it up and paying? The real alternative is of course allegedly already spelled out by Mr. Mangione but maybe a refresher is due?

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          I mean it’s free if you’re under 18, at least in my country. If you decide to get it as an adult, the government has decided that they don’t really give a fuck because you probably already have at least one of the HPV strains they’re trying to vaccinate for, and it’s just not worth it to the taxpayer to vaccinate you anymore.

          The thing about public healthcare is that you try to get maximum benefit for the public, with the resources you have available. Resources are not infinite, so not all treatments or vaccines can be free for everyone. They’re still available and generally cheaper than in some place like the US.

          If someone wants to Mangione the social minister of my country, that’s not likely to improve the situation, she was a doctor for a decade and a half before getting into politics and was one of the sane voices during the COVID pandemic telling people to try vaccines and social distancing instead of whatever the ivermectin and bleach equivalents were here. She already got death threats for it, even delivered to her home.

      • mathemachristian [he/him]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        12 hours ago

        Except there is now a legal record of you saying you’re gay. That or you comitted fraud. And that paper gets handed to whoever is bearing the cost. Likely a government agency. Meaning the government keeps records of gay people. I would think twice about paying or not, regardless of me being gay or not.