Which should vary based on the risk it counters. If you have a 0.00001% chance of dying of some disease, it's going to be hard to justify any drug, no matter how safe.
Funny you should mention that number, roughly 1 in 10 million. Tetanus vaccines is one example that has been brought to my attention recently. Tetanus has 30 cases per year in the United States:
https://www.cdc.gov/tetanus/images/tetanus-chart-1947-2018.png
US population is about 300 million, so dividing 30 by that number gives us 0.00001% as the chance of being infected (not even dying). And the chance of ME getting infected is much less since I don't work on a farm or in construction where I might come in contact with rust.
And yet, when I went to my doctor for a checkup, what's the thing he asked? DiD yOu GeT yOuR tEtAnUs BoOsTeR???
Fucking clown world.
And to answer my next question, "how much is that tetanus number reduced by the tetanus vaccine?", Most adults don’t need booster vaccinations for tetanus and diphtheria, new study concludes (statnews.com).
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