📣📣 “An Associated Press analysis of available government data from May shows that “breakthrough” infections in fully vaccinated people accounted for fewer than 1,200 of more than 853,000 COVID-19 hospitalizations. That’s about 0.1%.”
📣📣 “And only about 150 of the more than 18,000 COVID-19 deaths in May were in fully vaccinated people. That translates to about 0.8%, or five deaths per day on average.”
IMPORTANT: That’s FULLY vaccinated. If you’ve only gotten your first Pfizer/Moderna make sure to get the second as well.
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📣 NEW: With Missouri apparently being the first state to see a major #DeltaVariant surge, I decided to run a SECOND county-level scatter plot to compare vaccination levels (left) versus new cases per 1,000 residents (since June 1st). Yowza.
It's impossible to make out most of the county names, but all 11 of the circled counties on the left can be found in the circled part of the blob on the right.
The 11 counties with the highest new case surges range from 23% - 32% fully vaccinated.
All 6 of the counties in the blue/purple regions range from 37% - 46% fully vaccinated.
I've only run the new case graph for one state so far.
Bottom's Up: Colonoscopies to screen for cancer are FREE under the #ACA and are recommended starting at age 45. I'm about to turn 51, so... acasignups.net/21/06/23/botto…
⚠️ IMPORTANT CLARIFICATIONS: 1. They’re free under *ACA-COMPLIANT* policies, NOT if you’re uninsured or on a junk plan.
2. You still have to have it done in-network
3. If they have to remove any polyps/etc, THAT might be billed to your insurance like anything else.
Oh yeah...guess what’s on the long list of FREE preventative services covered under the #ACA which is at risk from yet another lawsuit filed by religious conservatives?
Anyway, I get to spend all day today preparing by drinking gallons of clear Gatorade and Miralax...let’s just say I’m not gonna be in a great mood by this evening...
⚠️ Guess what, everyone? That's right: It's Yet Another U.S. Supreme Court Opinion Issuance Day!
Come back starting at 10:00am to see whether they decide to tear away healthcare coverage for up to 34 million Americans based on the most absurdly stupid case imaginable!
There's around ~20 cases left for SCOTUS to issue opinions on this term including the #ACA case...which still might be bumped until later this month (I believe the term ends on June 30th).
They wait 10 minutes between each opinion being released, so it could be a long morning...
Once again, there's basically 4 possible ways the SCOTUS could rule on the #ACA case. Two of them would be fine. One would be pretty awful. One would be absolute disaster. acasignups.net/21/06/17/here-…
I came down with a nasty case of shingles right after the first ACA Open Enrollment Period ended in April 2014. It was awful, worst pain I’ve ever felt and I couldn’t sleep for weeks. To this day I still suffer from mild Postherpetic neuralgia. #GetVaxxed
Postherpetic neuralgia basically means that your pain neurons keep firing long after the shingles itself has gone away; it’s like they get stuck in a loop. To this day (7 yrs later) my right eyebrow itches like mad ALL THE TIME. Not too bad for me but much worse for some people.
Also, my right cornea was damaged to the point that I can never get lasik surgery because there’s too much risk of going blind in my right eye.
📣 BREAKING: HC.gov enrolls an *additional* 1.24 million Americans in #ACA exchange healthcare coverage via COVID Special Enrollment Period since 2/15 (beating my estimate of 1.2 million!)