This is madness. RSV isn’t just a cold I’ve seen what it can do to a vulnerable adult. The thought of babies being left exposed to that risk is horrifying, especially when hospitalisations can be preventable.
Lossagh on
That’s ridiculous. Not everything that is worth doing is cost effective. This is one of those things. Shame on those letting money be the bottom line here.
RomfordWellington on
>It estimates that at current drug prices, a full rollout for infants and older adults over 80 would cost €60 million for the former category for the first five years, and around €70 million for the latter.
>HIQA ultimately said that unless the HSE can get a much better price, offering immunisation to infants or older adults on a long-term basis “would not be an efficient use of resources”.
The costs sound astronomical but I’d imagine you’re actually on the brink of breakeven when you think of how much beds and man hours you can free up, as well as improved patient outcomes and the fact that thousands of your population don’t have a bad dose where the bad dose for them is really bad.
We need to have a conversation about drug costs though. I always think a single EU buyer for medicines would help bring a lot of this down, and we need to onshore a lot of medicine production to the EU or at least to Europe.
stbrigidiscross on
I was so happy that my baby got the RSV vaccine heading into her first winter. I have asthma and there are other family members with respiratory issues so knowing she was protected against RSV was really reassuring. They’ve announced that babies will receive it for the 2026/27 season as well but I think it should be permanently added to the vaccine schedule. I submitted an observation on the report and I hope enough parents and healthcare workers have responded to make them reconsider ending the program.
MurphysLawInc on
Where can i write a strongly worded letter that they better not dare cut that program. We need to protect the most vulnerable and this saves lives.
Henry_Bigbigging on
This is the exactly the sort of thing that should be serviced by the State, with no apologies.
If people had any doubt as to how effectived these vaccines are, have a chat with the absolute legends in the NICUs. They’ll tell you very quickly how much of a reduction in cases of RSV since the vaccine was rolled out.
Fuck the greyhound and the horse industry and their blood money. This is where I want my tax money going.
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This is madness. RSV isn’t just a cold I’ve seen what it can do to a vulnerable adult. The thought of babies being left exposed to that risk is horrifying, especially when hospitalisations can be preventable.
That’s ridiculous. Not everything that is worth doing is cost effective. This is one of those things. Shame on those letting money be the bottom line here.
>It estimates that at current drug prices, a full rollout for infants and older adults over 80 would cost €60 million for the former category for the first five years, and around €70 million for the latter.
>HIQA ultimately said that unless the HSE can get a much better price, offering immunisation to infants or older adults on a long-term basis “would not be an efficient use of resources”.
The costs sound astronomical but I’d imagine you’re actually on the brink of breakeven when you think of how much beds and man hours you can free up, as well as improved patient outcomes and the fact that thousands of your population don’t have a bad dose where the bad dose for them is really bad.
We need to have a conversation about drug costs though. I always think a single EU buyer for medicines would help bring a lot of this down, and we need to onshore a lot of medicine production to the EU or at least to Europe.
I was so happy that my baby got the RSV vaccine heading into her first winter. I have asthma and there are other family members with respiratory issues so knowing she was protected against RSV was really reassuring. They’ve announced that babies will receive it for the 2026/27 season as well but I think it should be permanently added to the vaccine schedule. I submitted an observation on the report and I hope enough parents and healthcare workers have responded to make them reconsider ending the program.
Where can i write a strongly worded letter that they better not dare cut that program. We need to protect the most vulnerable and this saves lives.
This is the exactly the sort of thing that should be serviced by the State, with no apologies.
If people had any doubt as to how effectived these vaccines are, have a chat with the absolute legends in the NICUs. They’ll tell you very quickly how much of a reduction in cases of RSV since the vaccine was rolled out.
Fuck the greyhound and the horse industry and their blood money. This is where I want my tax money going.