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Doodley

(9,077 posts)
Fri Jun 12, 2020, 02:19 PM Jun 2020

Do you think that people who go to Trump rallies (or other events) should pay extra for healthcare?

If they are going to stadiums, not social distancing, not wearing masks and doing a lot of screaming, they put us all at risk. They are a threat to us all and a drain to our healthcare system.

Should insurance companies and/or Medicare/Medicaid charge them extra for Covid-related healthcare services?

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Do you think that people who go to Trump rallies (or other events) should pay extra for healthcare? (Original Post) Doodley Jun 2020 OP
Do you think all the people who protested George Floyd's death... SKKY Jun 2020 #1
BLM protesters should be wearing masks and distancing. Doodley Jun 2020 #3
I didn't suggest wearing a mask is silly. I wear one whenever I'm out of my house... SKKY Jun 2020 #4
I see. Yes I agree, but I am not happy to even pay for extra tests for Doodley Jun 2020 #5
No. I don't think anyone should pay for healthcare directly. JustABozoOnThisBus Jun 2020 #2
No Doreen Jun 2020 #6
Everybody gets the same healthcare. LakeArenal Jun 2020 #7

SKKY

(11,802 posts)
1. Do you think all the people who protested George Floyd's death...
Fri Jun 12, 2020, 02:23 PM
Jun 2020

...should pay extra for healthcare? A lot of them did not practice social distancing, nor did they wear masks. Now, I think both arguments are fairly silly, but it should highlight how we need to be careful with our rhetoric because in a lot of instances, it is not a heavy lift to flip it right back in our faces.

Doodley

(9,077 posts)
3. BLM protesters should be wearing masks and distancing.
Fri Jun 12, 2020, 02:29 PM
Jun 2020

There is nothing "silly" about wearing a mask when we are talking about protecting others from disease or death.

SKKY

(11,802 posts)
4. I didn't suggest wearing a mask is silly. I wear one whenever I'm out of my house...
Fri Jun 12, 2020, 02:31 PM
Jun 2020

...I said the argument that they should pay for healthcare for having attended a MAGA rally is silly because it can be turned right back in our faces.

Doodley

(9,077 posts)
5. I see. Yes I agree, but I am not happy to even pay for extra tests for
Fri Jun 12, 2020, 02:37 PM
Jun 2020

a stadium full of Trumpers with very few wearing masks, because polls show that most Trump supporters still don't take this pandemic or mask wearing seriously.

We pay in lives and taxes to satisfy Trump's vanity. That is quite different to protesters.

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
6. No
Fri Jun 12, 2020, 02:50 PM
Jun 2020

Would that mean they would have to pay more for their underage children's health care who had nothing to do with the rally?

LakeArenal

(28,809 posts)
7. Everybody gets the same healthcare.
Fri Jun 12, 2020, 09:01 PM
Jun 2020

I don’t want anyone’s lack of healthcare making me sick in elevators with them.

I already don't want kids to go to school with Anti-vacs.

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