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Sad to learn of the tragic death of Van Morrison's reputation. His career was also critically injured.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-57443478
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-57443478
Given how precarious healthcare can be in the US for the uninsured, how does refusing to be vaccinated jive with health insurers? I bet it doesn't go down very well at all.
The last part seems kind of harsh. If everyone but one person in my family gets the vaccine and the lone anti-vaxxer succumbs, the entire family gets punished. I guess the proactive part is to drop them from the plan altogether.We haven't seen anything yet regarding health insurance, but I'm guessing that could be a thing. Policies typically change either in July or with the start of a new calendar year so I suspect we will start seeing something soon if it's going to happen. I can't see anything happening this year though, but by next year it could be a real possibility. What's likely to happen is that you'll receive a discount on your premiums if you're vaccinated.
Some life insurance companies are telling members that they could lose coverage, have increased premiums, or have their family flat out denied if they don't get the vaccine and die as a result of COVID or a COVID-related illness.
Meanwhile, here in the UK, "Freedom Day" () is set to be delayed by four weeks in a totally unexpected and not-completely-predictable-at-all turn of events.
It actually is--shocking as that may be. It has been for nearly three decades.Also, I'm positive Texas isn't a right-to-work state. This means that a company can terminate you for pretty much whatever reason they want.
I had my second dose this lunchtime, absolutely fine apart from being able to read my text messages without looking at my phone...
Joking aside, no ill effects at all, not even a sore arm.
Johnson was clearly rattled today - he made two massive blunders in his main speech - saying 'company' instead of 'country' (oops) and July 29th instead of 19th (oops) at least once, and he stumbled his way through those answers.It's four weeks... but it could be two weeks
Don't recall Boris mentioning weddings in the announcement, but in response to a question he said that the restriction of 30 attendees would be lifted on the 21st
In the response to a question about getting two doses done for university students there was no mention of any speed-up of giving second doses once all first-doses have been done
All in all, given how much of a complete surprise this delay was, I'll forgive the lack of preparation
Awkward. Isn't that a nickname for the royal family?'company' instead of 'country' (oops)
I believe they refer to themselves internally as "The Firm".Awkward. Isn't that a nickname for the royal family?
Johnson was clearly rattled today - he made two massive blunders in his main speech - saying 'company' instead of 'country' (oops) and July 29th instead of 19th (oops) at least once, and he stumbled his way through those answers.
What is worse is that he must know that there is little to no chance of bringing July 19th forward, and a strong chance of having to push it back even further.
I read a story about the Speaker being furious about being misled in Parliament this afternoon too, a very serious allegation and it is seemingly about the way the Government has decided on its current course of action.
It's been a mare of a week for Boris - the G7 summit was a damp squib, the NI protocol is becoming more and more of a problem, and 'Freedom Day' is cancelled. And the trouble is, none of it is going away any time soon. He's painted himself into a very tight corner here.
That's the one. I misremembered.I believe they refer to themselves internally as "The Firm".
Johnson was clearly rattled today - he made two massive blunders in his main speech - saying 'company' instead of 'country' (oops) and July 29th instead of 19th (oops) at least once, and he stumbled his way through those answers.
What is worse is that he must know that there is little to no chance of bringing July 19th forward, and a strong chance of having to push it back even further.
I read a story about the Speaker being furious about being misled in Parliament this afternoon too, a very serious allegation and it is seemingly about the way the Government has decided on its current course of action.
It's been a mare of a week for Boris - the G7 summit was a damp squib, the NI protocol is becoming more and more of a problem, and 'Freedom Day' is cancelled. And the trouble is, none of it is going away any time soon. He's painted himself into a very tight corner here.
My understanding of this issue is that these folks were given an "out", I think by allowing a religious claim to be exempt and they turned it down. Thankfully, I also saw they were a tiny fraction of the overall staff.Judge tosses lawsuit against Houston hospital over staff vaccine mandate
Serves these people right. Imagine being a highly trained medical professional and refusing a life-saving vaccine that's not only go to protect you, but also your patients. These people who are against the vaccine because they don't want to be guinea pigs are a special kind of stupid. While we haven't made mass vaccines with mRNA technology before, it's not like it's a new idea. Research began back in 1985 on mRNA and vaccines have been in various stages of development since 2005. If mRNA had started being researched in 2018 or something, I would say sure, these people have a case, but something that's been in process for over 30 years? Give me a break.
I know I've mentioned this before, but I'll say it again. Virtually every healthcare system in the US requires you to be current on your vaccinations as a condition of employment. It's something you know up front and before you sign your papers to be officially hired on. Sometimes there are ways around it, for example where I work now if you don't want an influenza vaccine you must wear full PPE for the duration of flu season. However, I'm not really sure what you could do for COVID. I guess you could be required to wear a full biohazard suit or something like that. Or I suppose you could refuse the vaccine, but if you get COVID you must take two weeks off without pay and if any of the patients you've cared for get hospital-acquired infection of COVID, then you face disciplinary action and could be subjected to malpractice lawsuits.
Also, I'm positive Texas isn't a right-to-work state. This means that a company can terminate you for pretty much whatever reason they want.
In short, people are the goddamn worst.
It would be hilarious if it was another countries PM doing it.
Maybe I gave the wrong impression.
Gotta say, that's not a great attitude.
Let’s have a quick look at the data Chris Whitty (SAGE) presented to back up the decision to postpone ‘freedom day’ (that term makes my skin crawl).
The model Whitty presented had 100k cases/day... by the 21st June. That’s 1 week away. We currently have 7k/day, so cases would need to double every 36 hours or so for the next week.
The model then goes on to forecast a range of 150k-350k cases by 3rd week in July.
ONS own data says peak cases in the Uk was c.107k/day in December.
So we’re somehow going to get 2-3x the number of cases... In summer... With 60% of the population vaccinated.
WTAF?
I’m massively sceptical of the transmissibility claims... alpha was claimed to be 60% more transmissible than the original Covid. Then Delta comes along and that’s another 60% transmissible.... so Delta is supposed to be >150% more transmissible than the original Covid virus?
Surely they can’t have just worked this assumption in to their model? They can’t be that stupid can they?
No, you didn’t. Your previous posts make it abundantly clear you’re a ‘zero COVID’ type.
Equally as bonkers as virus deniers and anti- Vaxers.
Depends on the metric you are talking about.Curious, I know that multiple states in the US have over 70% vaccination for their population. Have any subdivisions in the UK (either Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland, England or any administrative districts within) reached that same level?
@Outspacer I believe the data @Stotty is referring to is not what Whitty presented yesterday, but what was reported by SAGE here (see page 10)
https://assets.publishing.service.g...3510/S1287_SPI-M-O_Summary_Roadmap_step_4.pdf
@Stotty A few things to note here: this is the modelling for all infections (symptomatic and asymptomatic)... the problem here is that the keynote figure that is in the news every day is the number of people testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 in the last 24 hours (daily new cases), but a much smaller percentage of asymptomatic infections are ever detected.
Curious, I know that multiple states in the US have over 70% vaccination for their population. Have any subdivisions in the UK (either Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland, England or any administrative districts within) reached that same level?