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PoindexterOglethorpe

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17. I am one who thinks we should not be getting boosters

Reply to cadoman (Reply #16)

Thu Sep 16, 2021, 12:16 PM

Sep 2021

until more people in the rest of the world get vaccinated. The current one or two dose vaccines are still highly effective at preventing hospitalizations and deaths.

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It's reportedly costing billions of dollars to treat hospitalized unvaccinated COVID patients [View all] riversedge Sep 2021 OP

These should become medical bankruptcies...and they would be well deserved. Lucky Luciano Sep 2021 #1

What do you say about that all of you a-hole anti-vaxxers? C Moon Sep 2021 #2

Anyone who posts Elessar Zappa Sep 2021 #9

The true cost of Freedumb. OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2021 #3

Not vaccinated? PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2021 #4

in fairness there needs to be an exemption for the unvaccinated who have not hit their 14 days cadoman Sep 2021 #5

Remind me exactly how long the vaccine has been available? PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2021 #7

It's not yet approved for under 12, Pfizer has applied for 5-11 approval IronLionZion Sep 2021 #12

Yes, I know that. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2021 #15

also as booster mandates emerge, rolling swaths of the country will potentially be unvaccinated cadoman Sep 2021 #16

I am one who thinks we should not be getting boosters PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2021 #17

I wondered when some expert would put the dollars to it. dem in texas Sep 2021 #6

Why all health insurers should put a hefty surcharge on sinkingfeeling Sep 2021 #8

I doubt this includes the ongoing effective costs of supporting Long COVID or those permanently Ford_Prefect Sep 2021 #10

+1 n/t area51 Sep 2021 #11

That complicates the funding and cost analysis IronLionZion Sep 2021 #13

When the federal government decides BlueIdaho Sep 2021 #14