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This is where I'm at, but I don't really put all the blame the people who aren't vaccinated because the only way we were ever going to defeat this was to get the globe vaccinated quickly and that didn't happen because, profits (i.e. the gross profit motives of our billionaire class were more important than global human health). The statistics suggest that the number one thing that predicts whether a person is vaccinated is whether or not a person has health insurance. When those people who didn't have insurance were asked why they weren't vaccinated although the vaccine was free, the most frequent answer was because they were afraid that if they had a bad reaction to the vaccine, they were not going to be able to go to the doctor. The second most frequent answer was because they were afraid to miss work if they had side effects from the vaccine. We can't stop a national pandemic because we lack nationalized healthcare. The newest estimates suggest that 55 million Americans are not covered by any healthcare--private, Medicaid or Medicare. We cannot have close to 20% of Americans unable to see any sort of doctor and think that we are an advanced society that can handle pandemic.
My sister wasn't feeling good starting Monday just tested positive for covid. She just had Covid in October.
She is fully vaccinated and boosted.
Back in October she quarantined for 14 days. This time around her boss is telling her she needs to come into work
She's a brewer at a brewery, and she believes she caught COVID again on New Years Eve in the Tap Room where all the employees got together for a New Years Eve party along with the general public. Her boss is saying it's impossible she caught it there...
But I guess a lot of employees are sick. And they are being told the production line can't shut down do to staffing shortages. Essentially, they are being told they are essential workers and you are all vaccinated so come to work.
And there it is, the reason that so many people were against vaccine mandates in the work place.
Even if you have insurance good luck seeing a doctor right now. We got a referral to take our one year old to a dermatologist because he’s been having some mild skin issues. When I called in December to make the appointment, they wanted to know if October 10, 2022 would be convenient. I laughed hysterically for a rudely long time, reminded them that 11 months is almost longer than he’s been alive, and then said “but sure, let’s put that on the calendar and see how his rash is doing a year from now.” Bonkers.
America calls out sick
As America comes down with Covid-19 again, stores, restaurants, airlines and other industries have few other options but to serve customers less — or not at all.www.cnn.com
Business are closing left and right across America as staff call out. Businesses are seeing rates of covid infection among employees soar leaving to few staff to continue to remain open.
