Another GOP moron gets covid.

[Swede]

These folks are facing karma and I don't give a fuck.

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[Rorey]

1. It's time for these morons to start paying a "not vaccinated" surcharge for medical care

These idiots are a needless drain on resources. Maybe they'd start caring more if it hit them in their wallets.

[empedocles]

4. Yes.

They would scream about that also.

[paleotn]

5. Wouldn't be surprised if that's coming....

They're high risk and a needless drain on insurance provider profits. Segment them and charge a rate in line with the risk they pose.

[Ohioboy]

8. Hey, it would just be the "market" responding to the high risk they are causing

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

39. Good point to make those asshat Libertarians who want the free market to determine everything.

But of course when it is THEM who get bit in the ass by it, they shouldn't have to suffer any repercussions.

[Paladin]

10. If they're granted medical care at all. Seriously. (nt)

[Lonestarblue]

13. People who smoke are charged more for health insurance.

People who refuse the Covid vaccine for no health reason should also be charged more—a lot more. Smokers mostly hurt themselves (though second-hand smoke can be an issue), but anti-vaxxers spread a disease that kills others.

[spooky3]

19. Exactly. Nt

[dalton99a]

38. +1

[Captain Zero]

41. If insurance companies thought they could get away with it, they would in a heartbeat.

Their actuaries are probably going nuts over the cost savings they would accrue.

[Fritz Walter]

21. In Florida, GOOBERnor Ron DeathSentence would block this

He would see it as a back-door approach to requiring a "vax passport," and would use it as a rallying cry for his dimwitted base.

Meanwhile, the rest of us -- including and especially health-care workers -- have to deal with the consequences of his "freeDUMB" posturing, and attempting to position himself as a candidate for 2024.

[Dopers_Greed]

28. Haha, that would be amazing

Then Republicans might go all over Faux News trying to "cancel" health insurance companies

[TheBlackAdder]

46. Insurance companies should update their coverage to not pay any unvaccinated COVID-19 claims.

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These sponges are shifting the debts onto the state, taxpayer, and private insurance companies, socializing their stupidity across these platforms and making everyone else pay more. They're the same assholes who will stiff the hospitals for unpaid bills.

Life Insurance companies should update their policies to treat being unvaccinated tantamount to ending your own life.

.

[PatSeg]

2. I don't wish misery and illness on anyone,

but you have to wonder how much misery, illness, and even death he may have caused and all for political expediency. That is pretty evil.

[Hortensis]

20. +1000.

[PatSeg]

51. Hi Hortensis!!!

Good to see you!

[Hortensis]

53. :) Same.

[PatSeg]

55. Ha, ha, ha!!!

[oldsoftie]

25. But in a perfect world, only deniers would get sick

I'm generally like you, but this shit is once again wreaking havoc. And now we have a way to keep it fairly under control and these fools are refusing to be part of the solution.
So my patience has worn & i'm ready for them to bear the brunt.
And the WORST thing is for them to be the "minor symptoms" cases. I know a few of those people; "I got it; I just felt sick a couple days" types.

[PatSeg]

52. It makes me so angry,

as it is pushing me to be someone that normally I'm not. I don't want to feel satisfaction because some fool gets sick or dies, but damn, their words and behavior could be literally killing others. I really don't know what the right answer is in this situation. I don't want to be like them, taking pleasure in other people's suffering, to reinforce my belief system, but if they don't suffer consequences, more people will get sick.

I remember when Trump got sick and he used his "speedy recovery" (with the most advanced medical care in the world), as justification for not taking the pandemic seriously. If HE could get over it, then everyone else should be able to as well. All he cared about was his image and his political future. I just can't fathom how anyone can be so cruel and dismissive of the lives of others.

[oldsoftie]

54. Yes; imagine if trump would've been honest when he got better

What a difference it would've made had he said "folks this stuff is serious. Take it seriously"

[PatSeg]

56. Yes, that would have been so easy

and actually, it probably would have benefited him.

[paleotn]

3. Karma variant.

[MontanaMama]

6. Thread winner.

[roamer65]

14. +1000

[llmart]

15. Love it!

I'm going to start using that term when we see stories like this one.

[Ziggysmom]

7. The states filed Medicaid lawsuits against the tobacco industry for recovery of their tobacco

related health care costs. Anti vax idiots should be liable for damages their brazen defiance causes.

[MoonRiver]

9. If enough of these fools die, maybe the rest of them will get a clue.

I know....

[KS Toronado]

11. Now if we could just get these people to encourage others to get the vaccine.

[COL Mustard]

16. I Know This Sounds Callous, But....

I really don't give a fuck if they get vaccinated or not. At this point, if you're too stupid/ignorant/resistant/defiant/whatever to get the vaccine, screw you. Hurry up and die already.

Again, I know I sound callous and I'm usually really not, but this scenario is different.

Sorry to rant at you by the way.

[KS Toronado]

32. No offense taken

And I'd feel the same way you mentioned if 100% of Democrats had the vaccine.
Still a few of our own to look after.

[oldsoftie]

34. More of us are getting the same way.

Its just so tiresome dealing with this preventable bullshit

[samsingh]

12. In Biblical terms - isn't laughing at covid a little like laughing at Noah's warnings?

[Ferrets are Cool]

17. And what really ticks me off is that tax payer dollars will pay for his stupidity

[Firestorm49]

18. I have no sympathy for these idiots. How stupid can you be? Darwin Rules!

It’s almost embarrassing that these fools share our planet, much less not giving a crap about the safety of those around them. At this point, they get what they deserve.

[PortTack]

22. Right there with ya!

[PortTack]

23. Seeing more and more of these posts where it's the anti vaxxers RWNJ that are getting sick

How long...how many more variants b4 they pay attention to science?

[ProfessorGAC]

45. There Won't Be Variants...

...if they die!
I'm rooting for that!
So, shoot me!

[Bo Zarts]

24. Well, Chris .. I DON'T have COVID, and I really don't have time to listen to you today.

So, just STFU and get back on your ventilator. See ya' .. wouldn't want to be ya'.

[Vinca]

26. If he dies, the only question will be how many people he took with him.

[BlueWavePsych]

27. Another Darwin award!

[infullview]

29. Damn! You stole my line

The Darwin award I liked the best was the drunk guy in Raymond ME that decided to abuse his x-wife/girlfriend, went to her mobile home, and used the butt end of his loaded shot gun to pound on her door (she wasn't home BTW). You can guess the rest.

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

40. Like a Foghorn Leghorn cartoon.

[onetexan]

36. yep. Ain't karma a bitch?

[C_U_L8R]

30. Insurance companies might refuse to pay

Seems many of these cases (and deaths) are self-inflicted. I wouldn't be surprised if the insurers start taking a harder stand.

[NJCher]

42. now **that** is a really good point

I was wondering who we could get in the press to write an op-ed introducing this idea.

However, this idea of yours could be very expedient. Just using "market forces."

[C_U_L8R]

43. I don't know if I'd support it... just saying it might happen.

I got mixed feelings about insurance and pharma that jade my thinking about these things. But yes, if common sense won't sway people, maybe simple economics will.

[Larissa]

31. He's got no time to talk because of Covid

But he'll have plenty of time to wear a mask and avoid infecting others with his stupidity.

[aggiesal]

33. Still he never tells his constituents, in this recording, to ...

GET VACCINATED!

[Jon King]

35. Get vaccinated, wear a mask in crowds, and let them destroy themselves....

At this point there is no use bothering with morons. Protect yourself and yours and move on.

[Johnny2X2X]

37. I'm praying he dies

And that his death is a learning opportunity for others to get vaccinated.

[11 Bravo]

44. Oh golly, I feel so OWNED!

[GoodRaisin]

47. There's starting to be a lot of these "examples".

Delta variant is cutting a path right through these morons.

[Tree Lady]

48. My daughter is top manager of large car dealership

they have 300 employees between new and old car places. She said they just got 6 positive cases, most they ever had since beginning of this.

They immediately went back to masks at work, they only had two weeks of no masks she said. She is in Bay Area CA. And they hired a guy during covid to do extra sanitizing and they had just stopped it, why I don't know but that is back too.

So 2 were unvaccinated, 2 had Johnson & Johnson and 2 had Moderna. And they are all sick not just positive, she said like worst cold they had ever had.

[Skittles]

49. I wonder how many people he spread it to

fucking asshole

[Hassin Bin Sober]

50. Hope it hurts.