Costs....
Take a sample case: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/nsw-girl-diagnosed-with-tetanus-improving
Poor girl in Northern NSW has the dumb luck to be born to anti-vaxxer parents, she gets tetanus.
Has to go to hospital...( or die, it's freedom of choice )
Spends two weeks in intensive care.
Cost of vaccine to TGA (est: $100)
( I couldn't actually find the number, so it's an estimate,but I think MMR is about $100 for two doses. If you have a better verified figure, please add it)
Cost of purchase of intensive care bed $30,000
Cost of running an intensive care bed $5,000 per day
Two weeks in hospital cost to the government $70,000
Add after care....
Add lost productivity of the family.....
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