by Joel S. Hirschhorn, All News Pipeline:

Assessing the costs of using the COVID vaccines is no easy task. Here are results of a new analysis.

Former BlackRock portfolio manager Ed Dowd and his his analysts at the research firm, Phinance Technologies, published a report on the cost of the COVID-19 vaccine program in the United States for the year 2022.

Mr. Dowd is a conservative analyst. A serious and sober-minded man, he is ruthless in eliminating biases and wild assumptions. He and his team have focused their research on the 148 million Americans (between the ages of 18-64) who are employed. The Bureau of Labor Statistics compiles much data on this cohort, as does the life insurance industry, because many employed people receive policies as part of their compensation packages.