Jerome Adams explains that outbreak costs are largely driven by public health response activities rather than hospitalizations alone, reframing how policymakers and the public interpret headline hospitalization counts.
A number of replies to my post below ask “how do 20 measles hospitalizations = $35 million in cost?”
The total cost of an outbreak goes far beyond hospitalizations alone.
The majority of the expense actually comes from public health response efforts and not just downstream
how do 20 measles hospitalizations = $35 million in cost?
The majority of the expense actually comes from public health response efforts
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