As the Omicron variant of the new coronavirus spreads across the United States, about 15 percent of adults remain unvaccinated. At greatest risk of severe illness and death, they have already overwhelmed hospitals and intensive care units in many parts of the country, reducing services available to people with medical problems not related to COVID. increase. Almost 90% of these unvaccinated people show that they do not change their minds.And many governors, especially Ron DeSantis
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Greg Abbotthill’s Morning Report-Present by Altria-Democrats Watch The Same Play in Hope of Better Results (R-Texas) is fighting the Biden administration’s vaccination obligations and blocking vaccination requirements by schools and private employers in the state.
“I think there aren’t enough options.” Dr. Anthony Fauci
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Fauci’s frustration is understandable. However, there is one way to hold unvaccinated Americans accountable for putting themselves and others at risk. Americans enrolling in the wellness program.
There is ample precedent for doing so. Smoking is exempt from federal law that limits discrimination against health insurance premiums. Insurance companies can impose an additional charge of up to 50% on those who use tobacco products more than four times a week (subject to the restrictions imposed by the state). Carriers rely on the honor system, but misrepresentation constitutes fraud and is a felony in some states. Employers who provide health insurance often require regular health checks that can detect nicotine in blood and urine samples.
And many driving breaches result in a significant increase in car insurance premiums. Drunk driving (DUI) can increase the rate by 65.5 percent. Refusal to submit to chemical test, 63.5%. Reckless driving, 61.1 percent. The accident caused more than $ 2,000 in damage, 45.2 percent. 28.4% passing the school bus. Speed violation, 23.8 percent. Did not stop at the red light, 22.6 percent. Texting message while driving, 21.6%. Failure to use seat belts, 5.6 percent.
This fall, some employers began demanding that unvaccinated workers pay more for their health insurance. Delta Air Lines (on average paying $ 50,000 for each COVID-related hospitalization) charges unvaccinated staff an additional $ 200 per month. Delta also limits salary protection for those who miss a job to vaccinated and “breakthrough” infected workers. Notable is the increase in vaccination coverage for Delta employees to 94% since these policies came into force on November 1, 2021.
Mercy Health, which has 7,000 employees working in hospitals and clinics in Wisconsin and Illinois, has introduced a “risk pool fee” that deducts $ 60 a week from the wages of unvaccinated workers. Immunization rates have risen from 70% to 91% after the policy was announced in September.
As Omicron becomes furious, healthcare professionals become exhausted, frustrated, and discouraged. In a sentiment shared by many of our colleagues, Sara Launer, chief nurse practitioner in Troy, Michigan, declared that “many of the things we see on a daily basis are preventable.” A few days before Christmas, Suwolf, a nurse in Madison, Wisconsin, wondered why unvaccinated people “why did this, why did they do this to me …”. I came at 2am and now it’s 7pm. I took a 20 minute break. It will be difficult. I’m 61 years old and I’m doing this. Wolf begs unvaccinated people to be vaccinated. “Do it for the people you care about, really vulnerable to the virus you have.”
The government was indignant last summer. Kay Ivy
Governor Kay Ivey Alabama invests in M to train students for tourism workforce tackles vaccine obligations ahead of mid-term (R-Ala.) Told reporters: But it’s time to start blaming unvaccinated, normal people. What is disappointing us are the unvaccinated people. ”
Currently, two-thirds of Americans say they are angry with unvaccinated.
Two years after a pandemic that killed more than 800,000 people, it is unlikely to convince the majority of those who remain blamed or shameful to get a safe and effective vaccine. ..
But if unvaccinated people are unreachable from their hearts and hearts, we can ask them to pay at least some of the financial costs that the rest are incurred. ..
Glenn C. Altschler is a professor of American studies at Thomas and Dorothy Ritwin at Cornell University. He is a co-author (with Stuart Blumine).Rude Republic: 19th Century Americans and Their Politics “
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