David,
Thanks for doing a good job. It pains me everytime I hear the cost factor in relationship to the number of people affected or the lenght of life or quality of life provided. Even one life is priceless. Quality of life is very subjective and we often base our ideas on "what if." We certainly have more than enough evidence from the postings here to convince anyone that the vacine could prevent much pain and suffering, save lives and actually save money by reducing one of the causes of oral cancer. It seems that if the "cold facts" actuarial community would factor in the overall cost of lost production time from patients, family and friends we would get a more realistic picture of the actual cost.