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People in Canada who do not have at least 2 doses and show up at the hospital should pay their own bill…parents that show up with unvaccinated children but eligible to be vaccinated should also foot the healthcare cost..
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Ask yourself: while Canadian children lose the social and academic benefits of in-person schooling this week, what unnecessary freedoms are you enjoying? A trip to the mall, dinner with friends, or perhaps a movie night out?Post edited by Spunkie onI was swimming in the Great Barrier Reef
Animals were hiding behind the Coral
Except for little Turtle
I could swear he's trying to talk to me
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tish said:Ask yourself: while Canadian children lose the social and academic benefits of in-person schooling this week, what unnecessary freedoms are you enjoying? A trip to the mall, dinner with friends, or perhaps a movie night out?0
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st louis now has the highest number of new cases and highest number of hospitalizations since the pandemic began. the girl i am dating tested positive this morning. thankfully she is vaxxed, as am i. i have no symptoms, and cannot find a fucking test anywhere.
our governor and ag believe the pandemic is over though and is fighting our county executive and local government officials that are wanting to implement temporary restrictions again. these are small government republicans that are interfering with local municipalities, mind you."You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry." - Lincoln
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."0 -
tish said:Ask yourself: while Canadian children lose the social and academic benefits of in-person schooling this week, what unnecessary freedoms are you enjoying? A trip to the mall, dinner with friends, or perhaps a movie night out?0
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bootlegger10 said:Gern Blansten said:bootlegger10 said:Gern Blansten said:bootlegger10 said:bootlegger10 said:Per above. The democratic governor is requesting a proper count of hospitalizations for Covid versus people who just happen to be Covid positive but hospitalized for different reasons. You would think that is a silly question, but sadly it isn’t and we are not being provided with the correct numbers. I am sure they are still high, but the governor said in the article that AS MUCH as 50% of patients may have been hospitalized for non Covid reasons.I can’t remember which thread but Fauci said something similar about children being hospitalized.Crap like this is why people don’t trust the government and the media. This crap supports the far right argument that the government is playing up the virus and trying to control behavior…yada yada yada. We shouldn’t be having these issues about hospitalization numbers this far into the pandemic. It screams of an agenda to purposefully overstate the numbers.
It is an important number because we should be working with accurate information. 50%=bad
How is the governor of New York to decide vaccination requirements, event attendance limits, etc... when hospitalizations may be overstated by 50%? There is a push to trust everything from the government on this and I'm glad that a Democrat isn't blindly following the narrative. If those actually hospitalized due to COVID are closer to what we typically see with a bad flu season, then perhaps we don't take as extreme measures because we never did before. Regardless of the decisions, the public should be informed of the right data to judge the decisions made by the government.
I absolutely do agree with you, though, that more accurate, trustworthy reporting should be out there. I recall for months and months that Manitoba Health was only reporting the number of people in ICU. Which was alarming to me, since it was nearing capacity. But then when they actually broke it out as Covid ICU and "regular" ICU, the number was cut 4-fold. That makes a difference to me.Hugh Freaking Dillon is currently out of the office, returning sometime in the fall0 -
Let’s see. I’ve done sweet fuck all since the pandemic started. The pandemic started just before Pearl Jam was to play Toronto and I still have the tickets for the show, going with my sister…we were also going to see come from away…all that got cancelled. I have not been to a movie, to the casino, concert etc…the only dinner out has been with my father…no travelling, no nothing…pretty much done what public health had asked.The world does not revolve around you and your kids..Your kids will survive. If my mother can survive post world war 2, then your kids can survive this…jeesh.
oh. And Ontario is locked down again. And Ontario kids have been out of school more than any other region in Canada…Give Peas A Chance…0 -
gimmesometruth27 said:st louis now has the highest number of new cases and highest number of hospitalizations since the pandemic began. the girl i am dating tested positive this morning. thankfully she is vaxxed, as am i. i have no symptoms, and cannot find a fucking test anywhere.
our governor and ag believe the pandemic is over though and is fighting our county executive and local government officials that are wanting to implement temporary restrictions again. these are small government republicans that are interfering with local municipalities, mind you.0 -
nicknyr15 said:gimmesometruth27 said:st louis now has the highest number of new cases and highest number of hospitalizations since the pandemic began. the girl i am dating tested positive this morning. thankfully she is vaxxed, as am i. i have no symptoms, and cannot find a fucking test anywhere.
our governor and ag believe the pandemic is over though and is fighting our county executive and local government officials that are wanting to implement temporary restrictions again. these are small government republicans that are interfering with local municipalities, mind you."You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry." - Lincoln
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."0 -
gimmesometruth27 said:nicknyr15 said:gimmesometruth27 said:st louis now has the highest number of new cases and highest number of hospitalizations since the pandemic began. the girl i am dating tested positive this morning. thankfully she is vaxxed, as am i. i have no symptoms, and cannot find a fucking test anywhere.
our governor and ag believe the pandemic is over though and is fighting our county executive and local government officials that are wanting to implement temporary restrictions again. these are small government republicans that are interfering with local municipalities, mind you.0 -
mrussel1 said:tish said:Ask yourself: while Canadian children lose the social and academic benefits of in-person schooling this week, what unnecessary freedoms are you enjoying? A trip to the mall, dinner with friends, or perhaps a movie night out?
I was swimming in the Great Barrier Reef
Animals were hiding behind the Coral
Except for little Turtle
I could swear he's trying to talk to me
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Halifax2TheMax said:mrussel1 said:tempo_n_groove said:mrussel1 said:tempo_n_groove said:mace1229 said:tempo_n_groove said:mace1229 said:HughFreakingDillon said:Meltdown99 said:static111 said:Meltdown99 said:Socialized medicine in Canada is really great until a crisis hits then it easily collapses…
just kidding it has never been great…
our tax systems, also, compare pretty closely, except for one main area: our tax rate stays lower to a higher income bracket in the middle class income area, so the lower-to-middle class are often better off in canada. but it's marginal.
until you have to pay for healthcare. imagine having our same taxes and on top of that paying an additional $1500 per month for a family of 4 for a copay on top of that.
I'd say he has every right to cry as many rivers as he wishes.
And the copays are often terrible. $30 for a regular dr visit, that’s not bad. But if they run tests, lab work, X-rays, or see a specialist that’s all additional.
Urgent care visit for something simple will usually run about $500. Emergency room is going to be a minimum of 2k, and that’s assuming it’s a short in and out visit. It’s several thousand a day if you stay over night.
Obamacare ones will follow the same trend since all Obamacare does is provide a portal for private insurers to underwrite you in a group from the portal. The reason the individual mandate is so important is that Obamacare entries would be high risk, as they are the ones that would go in and need the insurance. So you need healthy young people to offset it. But in general, the pool of insured is going to be higher risk than that of an employer plan, hence bad rates comparatively.
That would be like paying $1200 a month for car insurance. Then when you go to repair your car the mechanic says if you use your insurance it’s $500 to fix your car, but if you just do cash I can do it for $100. And it’s not the mechanic setting the price, it’s your own insurance company. Why even have it then?0 -
mace1229 said:Halifax2TheMax said:mrussel1 said:tempo_n_groove said:mrussel1 said:tempo_n_groove said:mace1229 said:tempo_n_groove said:mace1229 said:HughFreakingDillon said:Meltdown99 said:static111 said:Meltdown99 said:Socialized medicine in Canada is really great until a crisis hits then it easily collapses…
just kidding it has never been great…
our tax systems, also, compare pretty closely, except for one main area: our tax rate stays lower to a higher income bracket in the middle class income area, so the lower-to-middle class are often better off in canada. but it's marginal.
until you have to pay for healthcare. imagine having our same taxes and on top of that paying an additional $1500 per month for a family of 4 for a copay on top of that.
I'd say he has every right to cry as many rivers as he wishes.
And the copays are often terrible. $30 for a regular dr visit, that’s not bad. But if they run tests, lab work, X-rays, or see a specialist that’s all additional.
Urgent care visit for something simple will usually run about $500. Emergency room is going to be a minimum of 2k, and that’s assuming it’s a short in and out visit. It’s several thousand a day if you stay over night.
Obamacare ones will follow the same trend since all Obamacare does is provide a portal for private insurers to underwrite you in a group from the portal. The reason the individual mandate is so important is that Obamacare entries would be high risk, as they are the ones that would go in and need the insurance. So you need healthy young people to offset it. But in general, the pool of insured is going to be higher risk than that of an employer plan, hence bad rates comparatively.
That would be like paying $1200 a month for car insurance. Then when you go to repair your car the mechanic says if you use your insurance it’s $500 to fix your car, but if you just do cash I can do it for $100. And it’s not the mechanic setting the price, it’s your own insurance company. Why even have it then?0 -
This not going to school should be a dream go for many Canadians kids…they don’t have to freeze getting to school and high school age kids can just slip out back smoke a joint and head to class in their room…seems like a good gig. Then they can hook up with friends in the evening…
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Meltdown99 said:This not going to school should be a dream go for many Canadians kids…they don’t have to freeze getting to school and high school age kids can just slip out back smoke a joint and head to class in their room…seems like a good gig. Then they can hook up with friends in the evening…Hugh Freaking Dillon is currently out of the office, returning sometime in the fall0
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mrussel1 said:tish said:Ask yourself: while Canadian children lose the social and academic benefits of in-person schooling this week, what unnecessary freedoms are you enjoying? A trip to the mall, dinner with friends, or perhaps a movie night out?Give Peas A Chance…0
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Were going skiing tomorrow. School can suck it.I was swimming in the Great Barrier Reef
Animals were hiding behind the Coral
Except for little Turtle
I could swear he's trying to talk to me
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Meltdown99 said:mrussel1 said:tish said:Ask yourself: while Canadian children lose the social and academic benefits of in-person schooling this week, what unnecessary freedoms are you enjoying? A trip to the mall, dinner with friends, or perhaps a movie night out?Hugh Freaking Dillon is currently out of the office, returning sometime in the fall0
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