Should Unvaccinated and Obese Be Penalized by Government?

Government officials are already talking about the economic costs of COVID vaccine refusal, both to the unvaccinated individual and taxpayers in general.

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• According to one Atlantic staff writer, the economic costs of vaccine refusals will need to enter the discussion, as people who refuse the COVID-19 vaccine will end up accruing higher health care costs

• This argument fails to do a proper accounting of the cost/benefit of vaccination compared to the cost/benefit of not vaccinating and focu…