Path: ...!news-out.netnews.com!postmaster.netnews.com!us1.netnews.com!not-for-mail X-Trace: DXC=dNDMhQ;lFP0mD@5LN^eMY2HWonT5<]0T=djI?Uho:Xe;=aHS]UU?AT?NK9J8SnM9E?FdUokNoKZG0SIn`Q[\AXO2lS759ULDoC:foBn[f\]>L8KB>1hg@Ed:< X-Complaints-To: support@blocknews.net Subject: Re: Friday - 02.28.2025 - Dinner Plans Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking References: From: Hank Rogers Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2025 15:03:09 -0600 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:128.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/128.0 SeaMonkey/2.53.20 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 22 Message-ID: <67c2241c$0$3833$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 127.0.0.1 X-Trace: 1740776478 reader.netnews.com 3833 127.0.0.1:36435 Bytes: 1987 Cindy Hamilton wrote: > On 2025-02-28, Jill McQuown wrote: >>> >> Okay, I'm not trying to argue with you. Just seems a simple tetanus >> shot should be available without combining those other things. But hey, >> in my area CVS is one of the most expensive pharmacies there is so why >> not combine the shot and charge [possible insurance company] more. > > The TDAP vaccine is pretty standard. Tetanus and diphtheria need > decennial boosters. Pertussis needs decennial boosters for people > over age 65. Adults under age 65 are not harmed by more frequent > boosters for pertussis. > > Insurance often covers the entire cost, because it's cheaper than > paying for treatment for preventable illness. Medicare part B > covers it, possibly with a co-pay. > Thank you for disabusing her Majesty. She's often in the same ignorance category that Popeye was.