I had been meaning to do this for a long time and finally got around to it. It’s not free for people in my age group but it turns out my insurance from work covered the cost and I just paid an injection fee.

    • FatherPeanut@pawb.social
      13·
      2 months ago

      This reads to me as a causation v correlation, rooted in how more financially prosperous individuals live longer and healthier lives than those with lesser fortunes, not so much the vaccine itself as a source.

      • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.caEnglish
        4·
        2 months ago

        Infections cause storms of cytokines and an immunes response that can rapidly increase reactive oxygen load in the brain. In younger people, this is dealt with by mitochondria, but one of the hallmarks of human ageing is reduced mitochondrial efficiency.

        So the avoidance of any infection over 65 is beneficial.

        No, this is not a wealth effect, the data comes from NHS free vaccine policy that included people or excluded people born a week apart.

      • Beacon@fedia.io
        2·
        2 months ago

        I don’t follow. What are you saying is correlated to vaccine usage? Wealth?

        • FatherPeanut@pawb.social
          5·
          2 months ago

          My assertion is that general health and wealth are correlated. Basically, if you are poor or even financially unprosperous in a higher-income country, your general healthcare is substantially worse than those around you who have found financial prosperity. More cuts are made to doctors visits, healthcare expenses, immunizations and symptoms treatment, etc. These small investments that prevent big costs to health and finances later are often skipped, since unprosperous individuals feel more pressure on making ends meet.

          This is prominent enough that statistics started to represent it, and if you’re interested, I did find a recent video essay on the subject: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwklXWLy2UA

          • prettybunnys@piefed.socialEnglish
            2·
            2 months ago

            It can represent itself in other ways too.

            Having more money can mean better access to medications which in itself can cause less instances of infection which themselves may be the culprit.

            So yes, wealth and socioeconomic status has impacts but there are still underlying correlations that exist that are just teased out because of the different group existing

        • sudoMakeUser@sh.itjust.works
          2·
          2 months ago

          Someone who is mindful of their health might eat better, exercise more, spend more time outdoors, avoid health hazards, and get vaccines more often. Their lifestyle may cause vaccine usage and decreases risk of dementia. Vaccine usage may have no impact on decreasing dementia. I didn’t read much into the studies or if they were studying vaccine usage independently. I’m just making a comment on correlation vs causation.