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Adults Not Getting Vaccinated Cost U.S. $7.1 billion in 2015

October 13, 2016

Via: Forbes
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Here’s a situation where you may want to behave more like a child. Adult immunization rates are far lower than kids’ immunization rates, and a study just published in the journal Health Affairs estimates that in 2015 common vaccine preventable diseases in adults cost the U.S. $9 billion with 80% of these costs (or $7.1 billion) from those who did not get vaccinated.

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