You go to a grocery store. You're vaccinated, so you don't wear a mask. How the hell is anyone else supposed to know whether you aren't wearing a mask because you're vaccinated, or you aren't wearing one because you're an asshole?
I'm not just talking about getting dirty looks from other customers, I mean in terms of actual *store policy*...how are they supposed to enforce it without an official "vaccine passport" etc?
This is good to hear, but it's going to make the "asshole who refuses to follow store policy" problem 100x worse. nytimes.com/2021/05/13/hea…
As others have noted, it's also a problem for several million people who CAN'T take vaccines because they're immunocompromised or have an allergic reaction to them. They've been mostly holed up for over a year now...this means they'll have to stick it out even longer?
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Counties w/highest cumul. #COVID19 *cases* per capita: 1. Chattahoochee County, GA 2. Crowley County, CO 3. Bent County, CO 4. Dewey County, SD 5. Lincoln County, AR 6. Lake County, TN 7. Norton County, KS 8. Bon Homme County, SD 9. Trousdale County, TN 10. Buffalo County, SD
Counties w/highest cumul. #COVID19 *deaths* per capita: 1. Foard County, TX 2. Galax, VA 3. Jerauld County, SD 4. Emporia, VA 5. Hancock County, GA 6. Gove County, KS 7. Gregory County, SD 8. Iron County, WI 9. Dickey County, ND 10. McMullen County, TX
The first Zoom speaker is claiming that if they expand Medicaid, it will somehow cause people to WANT to earn less so that they'll qualify for it. Which might make some sense if the rest of the ACA didn't exist for those who earn more, or if they could afford ANY coverage NOW.
The second Zoom speaker claims that Wyoming has crappy oversight over Medicaid waste/fraud/abuse, therefore they shouldn't expand it. Here's an idea: Expand it *and* improve your oversight process? Just spitballing here.
📣 NEW: How much more would it cost the federal government if every holdout state expanded Medicaid via the #ACA? acasignups.net/21/05/10/how-m…
UPDATE: Whoops! I made a rather obvious error which impacted nearly all of the calculations; this has been corrected throughout the post.
Bottom line: As far as I can figure, it would cost roughly $341 billion over a decade to cover all 6.4 million eligible Americans, or ~$34.1 billion/year, while reducing the uninsured rate by an additional 4.0 million people.