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DanieRains

(4,619 posts)
1. And People That Were Sick With Omnicron Are Now Getting BA.2 And Getting Sick Again
Sat Feb 5, 2022, 12:48 AM
Feb 2022

Ouch.

Mask up regardless you intelligence level.....

Phoenix61

(16,954 posts)
2. There have been a handful of cases and
Sat Feb 5, 2022, 12:56 AM
Feb 2022

there is no reason to think it’s going to be more than that.

 

cinematicdiversions

(1,969 posts)
8. Unfortunately the unvaccinated down here tend to be the poor
Sat Feb 5, 2022, 03:07 AM
Feb 2022

Without private insurance or any means.

Being not bright in one area of your life tends to equate with being a failure in other areas.

mnhtnbb

(31,319 posts)
11. My BCBS Federal supplemental policy premium
Sat Feb 5, 2022, 06:33 AM
Feb 2022

(which is secondary to my Medicare) was raised TWICE from December to February, for a total of 9%.

The supplemental policy is part of a CSA pension (Federal civil service) which came to me as the beneficiary when my husband died. In December, I was notified of the 5.9% COLA increase--just like Social Security-- with an accompanying premium increase for the BCBS policy. Great. Got it direct deposit Jan 1. I looked at my checking account on line two days ago and the direct deposit amount Feb 1 was LESS! WTF?? Looked up the CSA account online, and sure enough, the BCBS premium had been hiked for a second time in two months.

I have been collecting this CSA benefit since January 2019 and never seen the health care premium increased like that twice in two months. It has to be related to the cost of treating all these unvaccinated, hospitalized COVID patients.

RockRaven

(14,784 posts)
6. The current numbers for risk of infection, hospitalization, or death of unvaxxed vs vaxxed-boosted
Sat Feb 5, 2022, 01:26 AM
Feb 2022

in CA, according to today's viewing of the state Covid website (data is from 2-3 weeks ago for the first two, 3-4 for the latter), is 7.5X, 15X, 30X higher.

Thirty times higher risk of death! It is so fucking stupid and self-destructive to be willfully unvaccinated.

DFW

(54,056 posts)
10. I don't know the percentage here in Germany
Sat Feb 5, 2022, 04:52 AM
Feb 2022

But it’s similar.

My wife, a compassionate social worker, has had it with them. Her mom is 94, and has needed brief hospitalizations in recent years. If she were to be denied care in lieu of some 45 year old anti-vaxxer with Covid19, she says she would have no qualms about sending the anti-vaxxer home.

Phoenix61

(16,954 posts)
14. Not to mention if you don't trust the doctors
Sat Feb 5, 2022, 08:42 AM
Feb 2022

who tell you to get the vaccine why would you trust them to heal you.

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