We could afford them easily if we rolled back tax cuts from the 80s forward just like health care, public education, infrastructure, and all the other things government is supposed to provide.
The worst thing about Reagan is he was so shitty modern neoliberalism got shoved down our throats because "what are you gonna do vote Republican?"
Like imagine if you were one of the only two restaurants in town and the other started exclusively serving turd sandwiches. The quality of food no longer matters for you, but since half the town now swears they love turd sandwiches, eventually you offer a turd and baloney sandwich. Because it's cheaper than serving more than one thing, and your only competition is plain shit, that's all you offer.
But it's not what the turd eaters want because it's not all turd, and now everyone in town is forced to eat a little bit of shit or a lot of shit.
And asking for them to hold the turd for your order just makes them scream at you that you're a turd lover for some reason.
Reagan and more importantly the response to Reagan is what started the Overton window moving drastically to the right
While it’s not a 100% guarantee of prevention, they absolutely can help prevent infection by significantly boosting immunity. Even previous boosters can help prevent future variants:
They can also greatly lower the chance of catching the disease in the first place by increasing immunity, so it seems like I’m not the one who needs a lecture about how the vaccines work.
Unless someone asks you, keep your fallacious medical advice to yourself.