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gulliver

(13,186 posts)
Sat Aug 14, 2021, 10:46 AM Aug 2021

Who's paying for all of these extra ICU stays for people who won't take personal responsibility...

...and get vaccinated?

If you're talking to Republicans, talk wallet. DeSantis is causing extra deaths, true. A whole lot of Republicans will just write that off as "God's will" or "Ok, but I don't know any of them, so no problem." But tell those same Republicans that they'll be footing the expensive ICU bills that are being racked up (through higher insurance costs), and you'll get a "wait what?" out of them.

Yeah, Republicans, these people in the ICUs aren't being personally responsible for their own health, and you're paying for it!

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Who's paying for all of these extra ICU stays for people who won't take personal responsibility... (Original Post) gulliver Aug 2021 OP
It does get their attention--sometimes. CrispyQ Aug 2021 #1

CrispyQ

(36,478 posts)
1. It does get their attention--sometimes.
Sat Aug 14, 2021, 10:58 AM
Aug 2021

I was reading some Facebook comments by some anti-vaxxers who claimed that the mortality rate from Covid wasn't bad enough for them to get the vax, since they'd probably survive the virus. I asked them if a six-figure hospital bill would impact their life at all. ~crickets.

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