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Muh Muh Muh My Corona (virus)

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Twirling Time, Jan 21, 2020.

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  1. garrow

    garrow Well-Known Member

    garrow, Mar 26, 2021
    #19213
  2. tapintoamerica

    tapintoamerica Well-Known Member

    tapintoamerica, Mar 26, 2021
    #19214
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  3. BTExpress

    BTExpress Well-Known Member

    And you prove you're not getting the vaccine . . . . how?

    Publicity stunt with an offer that will never be honored.
     
    Last edited: Mar 26, 2021
    BTExpress, Mar 26, 2021
    #19215
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  4. Scout

    Scout Well-Known Member

    Does anyone think in about a year or so, insurance companies won’t cover extended hospital stays that are COVID-related for those people who refused to get vaccinated?
     
    Scout, Mar 26, 2021
    #19216
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  5. dixiehack

    dixiehack Well-Known Member

    The vaccines would have to be fully approved, not just on an emergency use authorization. I understand why it has to be that way, but the paperwork I got with my shot today made it sound like it was just a speculative gamble, no more proven than a box of leeches.
     
    dixiehack, Mar 26, 2021
    #19217
  6. Jerry-atric

    Jerry-atric Well-Known Member

    These vaccines require a leap of faith.
     
    Jerry-atric, Mar 27, 2021
    #19218
  7. Twirling Time

    Twirling Time Well-Known Member

    Sorry, I just read it that way and it tickled me.
     
    Twirling Time, Mar 27, 2021
    #19219
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  8. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    No. Because despite their name, they don't sell insurance. We did away with the last vestiges of them actually insuring anything and trying to mitigate their risk, with the ACA. They have absolutely no control over what they are allowed to include in a medical care plan (which has little to do with insuring anything now). If there was actual risk involved in their business models, they would care. But they operate in a rationed and subsidized, price-fixed marketplace that tells them services they have to offer and how much meat is left on the bone for them.
     
    The Big Ragu, Mar 27, 2021
    #19220
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  9. Scout

    Scout Well-Known Member

    OK, but could you see premiums going up for those who choose not to get vaccinated just like it goes up if you are a smoker?
     
    Scout, Mar 27, 2021
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  10. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    If the Federal government allows it. Same way that insurance companies are only able to charge differential premiums for smokers because the ACA allows it. I have no idea what kind of regulations Congress will ever come up with, so I wouldn't begin to try to handicap it.
     
    The Big Ragu, Mar 27, 2021
    #19222
  11. SFIND

    SFIND Well-Known Member

    The nurse that inoculated me had a band-aid ready to go when she gave me the shot. As soon as she pulled out the needle she said, "Unfortunately you'll need a band-aid. I'm sure the hair removal that happens when you take off the band-aid will be the most painful part of this."

    She wasn't wrong.
     
    SFIND, Mar 27, 2021
    #19223
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  12. DanOregon

    DanOregon Well-Known Member

    fwiw on the pain continuum: blood test-finger prick before donating blood > the stick when you donate blood > getting vaccinated. It was so painless, I really barely felt it. Took less time than donating blood as well. Barely made a dent in my book.
     
    DanOregon, Mar 27, 2021
    #19224
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