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Handing out unemployment aid to people who refuse to get vaccinated is silly

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/02/handing-out-unemployment-aid-people-who-refuse-get-vaccinated-is-silly/

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Vaccinations have become such a politically charged issue in the United States that at least five red states are essentially paying people not to get vaccinated.
The five states — Arkansas, Florida, Iowa, Kansas and Tennessee — are granting people unemployment aid if they lose a job because they refuse to get vaccinated. This is not how unemployment compensation is supposed to work.
From a health perspective, vaccinations are the best protection from the coronavirus. Even former president Donald Trump has been urging people to get vaccinated because it significantly reduces the likelihood of severe illness, hospitalization and death. In a pandemic where more than 821,000 Americans have died, political leaders should be doing everything they can to urge people to get vaccinated, not rewarding them for opting out.

It's pretty sad when political ideology leads to this sort of irresponsible and clearly partisan governance.

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Specializes in CRNA, Finally retired.
14 hours ago, Tweety said:

The above was Tweeted by Marco Rubio on the 31st.

No, having a sore throat and having covid isn't a "crisis".  

The people in the hospital for the car accidents testing positive are indeed part of a surge in covid cases so not sure I agree with this sentiment except to say like we're discussing above it would be good to know how many are sick and how many are in for a car accident.  But it's interesting that conservatives slammed Fauci for saying something similar.

I agree that people without symptoms shouldn't be standing in line for hours out of irrational hysteria or really for any reason unless they have had a known exposure and they don't want to have it and not know so they won't infect someone else.  He doesn't seem to give the public much credit for behaving in a rational way and most people waiting in line all those hours have a good reason to.

The CDC caved to pressure and reduced the number of days to return to work for covid positive people.  Sounds like he's on board with that.

I really don't like how Florida politicians are handling this.  He could be reassuring that we're going to get through this surge and acknowledge it as a surge, but a less harmful one than delta, encourage asymptomatic people from getting tested but encourage continued testing, treatment and prevention.  

DeSantis could be doing the same thing but instead on his last public appearance it was all about Florida being the most free state in the country   that allows people to worship the lord freely.   I don't mind him wanting to protect our freedoms to gather and not be vaccinated, but his approach needs some work.  Also, as quick as he was to vaccinate nursing home residents, and he gets props for that, he's dropped the ball on getting them the booster.   

 

 

 Wealthy Republican enclaves in Florida had earlier access to the vaccines than the elderly.  People can worship the Lord freely anywhere - it doesn't have to be in a crowded church.  Haredi Jews have a prayer for pooping but it's not done in a group setting:)

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Specializes in CRNA, Finally retired.
12 hours ago, Tweety said:

I give up.  How about you?  LOL

I know I have had a few moments when I was adament in my stupidity:)  Sometimes logic gets lost when we have to converse by typing.

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53 minutes ago, toomuchbaloney said:

Handing out unemployment aid to people who refuse to get vaccinated is silly

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/02/handing-out-unemployment-aid-people-who-refuse-get-vaccinated-is-silly/

It's pretty sad when political ideology leads to this sort of irresponsible and clearly partisan governance.

Republicans are no longer fiscal conservatives.  They are now the party of fiscal whoopee when it suits their interests.

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Tweet from the Governor of Texas. "I just halted another illegal fed vax & mask mandate. Thanks to my suit(first of its kind in the nation), Prez Brandon is barred from using the Head Start Program to force vax & masks in TX—both of which this Admin embarrassingly admitted don’t stop Covid anyway! HAPPY NEW YEAR!"

"Prez Brandon"??? Is this guy 12 years old or the Governor of Texas?

With a 7-day average of 16,000 new covid cases he's correct that didn't stop.  At least he acknowledged "the federal government" and not "Prez Brandon" when he said how he's dealing with the surge.  "Testing sites, additional medical staff, and continued shipments of therapeutics from the federal government will help us continue to save lives and mitigate the spread of COVID-19.”

https://news.Yahoo.com/gop-texas-governor-asks-federal-215103104.html?fr=yhssrp_catchall

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Elizabeth Holmes found guilty of four counts of fraud

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Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of the failed blood testing start-up Theranos, was found guilty of four of 11 charges of fraud on Monday, in a case that came to symbolize the pitfalls of Silicon Valley’s culture of hustle, hype and greed.

Ms. Holmes was the most prominent tech executive to field fraud accusations in a generation of high-flying, money-losing start-ups. A jury of eight men and four women took 50 hours to reach a verdict, convicting her of three counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. She was found not guilty on four other counts. The jury was unable to reach a verdict on three counts, which were set aside for later.

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1 hour ago, chare said:

Elizabeth Holmes found guilty of four counts of fraud

 

Not commenting on the case.  She may have well deserved what she's getting.

Just like to point out the opinionated first paragraph in what's supposed to be a news article, in what's supposedly the gold standard of journalism.

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55 minutes ago, Beerman said:

Not commenting on the case.  She may have well deserved what she's getting.

Just like to point out the opinionated first paragraph in what's supposed to be a news article, in what's supposedly the gold standard of journalism.

You disagreed with the way that Silicon Valley was characterized?

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2 hours ago, toomuchbaloney said:

You disagreed with the way that Silicon Valley was characterized?

That's not the point.  They put their subjective opinion in the lead paragraph of a news story.  And we're supposed to believe they leave their bias out when investigating and reporting?

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15 hours ago, subee said:

Wealthy Republican enclaves in Florida had earlier access to the vaccines than the elderly. 

I'm not aware of this.  Could you point me to a source for this?

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7 minutes ago, Beerman said:

That's not the point.  They put their subjective opinion in the lead paragraph of a news story.  And we're supposed to believe they leave their bias out when investigating and reporting?

I'm not sure that I've heard that the NY Times is the "gold standard" of journalism and there's plenty of things about them I could find fault with, but "subjective opinion" would be that the Silicon Valley culture of hustle, hype, and greed is good or bad, or this person is more greedy than that person, but that fact that such a culture exists isn't a subjective opinion.  

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13 hours ago, Beerman said:

I'm not aware of this.  Could you point me to a source for this?

Tampa Bay Times

Wealthy Florida Keys enclave received vaccines in January

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Wealthy Florida Keys enclave received vaccines in January before much of the state The area is home to many wealthy donors to the Florida Republican Party and GOP candidates.

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Florida Governor Faces Growing Claims of Vaccine Favoritism

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...The revelations were the latest example of wealthy Floridians getting earlier access to coronavirus vaccines, even as the state has lagged in efforts to get poorer residents vaccinated.

DeSantis pushed back Thursday, saying a local hospital — not the state — was behind the vaccinations of more than 1,200 residents of the exclusive Ocean Reef Club in Key Largo, Florida, and that the state “wasn't involved in it in any shape or form.”

Despite the governor's denials of quid pro quos, the charges of favoritism were amplified by money pouring into the governor's campaign coffers from wealthy benefactors with ties to communities awarded vaccination sites — like the one in Key Largo. One resident of Ocean Reef, Republican former Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner, last week gave the Florida governor's campaign committee $250,000.

 

 

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