I think I've been looking at vaccine passports all wrong.

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96. This is happening and there are also compounding issues.

I'm hearing stories of people going to the ER with treatable conditions who, because they are forced to wait longer than normal for care and a bed, wind up having more difficult recoveries and incurring much more cost. These people need to have some degree of recourse.

Someone goes to the ER with an appendicitis. They aren't taken to triage and/or surgery as quickly as they should be. The appendix bursts causing sepsis. This person will be in the hospital for recovery much longer than had that person gotten the care they needed before their condition exacerbated. They will be out of work longer and their loss of income will be greater. Their hospital bill will be much higher than for a regular recovery. Their insurance company will incur more cost. And so on...and so on...

There are very real consequences happening right NOW because the unvaccinated are clogging up the hospital system. It's truly frightening and something needs to be done to get it under control. If palliative tents outside are an option, then I'm on board.