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On a similar note I just saw a Washington Post article about a North Carolina man who turned down a life saving kidney transplant because it would require him to get a covid vaccine. Said "I was born free, I'll die free." I guess if you view choosing to die from a preventable disease as "freedom", then ok, go for it?
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pmchem posted:california dems at every level are just pro-choice republicans sometimes they're not pro choice
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Midjack posted:https://twitter.com/danahull/status/1487642165865902083?s=20&t=hpNTpHC2SeQgW6UOrjPhsA That fanny pack is the coolest thing in the picture
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Duzzy Funlop posted:33 year old teacher set himself on fire outside a police station in Italy, supposedly over losing his job due to vax mandates, but the latter part is currently still Twitter speculation, so grain of salt and all. Stupid. If the dude wanted to die in a fire he should've just bought a Tesla like other crazies.
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Aw boo hoo
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Haha no it's nothing like that
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A Bad Poster posted:On a similar note I just saw a Washington Post article about a North Carolina man who turned down a life saving kidney transplant because it would require him to get a covid vaccine. Said "I was born free, I'll die free." I guess if you view choosing to die from a preventable disease as "freedom", then ok, go for it? Sounds like somebody who would've been non-compliant with the maintenance drugs anyway.
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PeterCat posted:And as far as no one being forced to take the vaccine, That's a little like saying no one is forced to sleep with the boss they just will lose their job if they don't. What the blue hell are you talking about?
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A lot of us docs are discussing if, and very well when, insurance companies or Medicare will classify Covid pneumonia and ARDS a preventable illness, and raise insurance premiums vs not cover unvaccinated people who end up with a $500,000 ICU bill. It could legitimately happen, the least and easiest being simply raising premiums. A part of me wonders if getting a letter in the mail saying their premiums are going up 150% unless they get vaccinated would actually even motivate these people. It very well might not one drat bit. Frankly, the unvaccinated by choice crowd often have deep and fixed delusions about Covid in general. Their entire personal psyche is practically propped up on this one massive denial by now. But another part of me also worries that insurance companies making a move like this could also further disenfranchise the poor, homeless, lower middle class, and minority populations who just have poor access to the vaccine to begin with and can already hardly ever afford preventative health let alone a massive medical bill. But like, when has this ever stopped insurance companies from doing..anything? I 100% will not be surprised if life insurance companies do this though. They probably won’t even tell anyone.
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Don't they use actuarial tables for literally everything? It would probably be one of the least ghoulish things that they've ever done. Or Fox News would turn on the medical insurance industry with a ferocity that rivals a pack of hyenas. That's a win-win in my book.
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A lot of employers effectively self-insure for medical costs, even if they use a third party administrator. That might drive some additional employer vaccine mandates once those bills get untangled and they realize how potentially expensive non-vaccinated employees are.
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Duzzy Funlop posted:33 year old teacher set himself on fire outside a police station in Italy, supposedly over losing his job due to vax mandates, but the latter part is currently still Twitter speculation, so grain of salt and all. All I can think is some Italian guy screaming on fire and wildly gesticulating. I know that’s awful, but if that’s why he did it, I think making fun of them is in good taste. LtCol J. Krusinski posted:What a stupid loving way and reason to kill yourself. At least he’s not gonna be taking up a ventilator and ICU bed with Omicron. Well he did get some form of mercy…the Emperor‘s Mercy.
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:What the blue hell are you talking about? Yea, I'm confused. As far as I was aware chuds not getting vaccinated and getting fired is the exception not the rule except in the case of the military and hospitals.
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PeterCat posted:Mind you, the Biden Administration and Congress have made no proposals that I am aware of to revamp the process for applying for refugee status, or immigrating to the US, and according to the Vice President, the solution is to encourage Central American countries to have more women farmers. Getting more women involved in public life, through both workforce development and more directly getting them into collective decisions, is legitimately the single thing that pretty much every study ever done agrees is useful for stabilization. It's easy to poo poo on as just identity politics, but it's about as close to an evidence-based intervention as it's possible to get.
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my argument for women running the world is to just ask the question "how many gently caress ups in human history are the results of the actions of men?"
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boop the snoot posted:my argument for women running the world is to just ask the question "how many gently caress ups in human history are the results of the actions of men?" It's her turn.
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boop the snoot posted:my argument for women running the world is to just ask the question "how many gently caress ups in human history are the results of the actions of men?" the answer is yes
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I can think of a few mistakes your mom made. 
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dude on fire sounds like luigi lol
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PeterCat posted:And as far as no one being forced to take the vaccine, That's a little like saying no one is forced to sleep with the boss they just will lose their job if they don't. I think comparing sexual extortion with lawful vaccine mandates is only something someone would do if either very dishonest or very stupid.
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pmchem posted:dems at every level are just pro-choice republicans
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boop the snoot posted:my argument for women running the world is to just ask the question "how many gently caress ups in human history are the results of the actions of men?" There's no way they can do as bad of a job!
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That's sexist! They are completely capable as doing as bad of a job as men
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boop the snoot posted:my argument for women running the world is to just ask the question "how many gently caress ups in human history are the results of the actions of men?" Counterpoint: Marget Thatcher.
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Meshka posted:How about enforcing immigrations laws? What exactly are you talking about?
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Defenestrategy posted:Yea, I'm confused. As far as I was aware chuds not getting vaccinated and getting fired is the exception not the rule except in the case of the military and hospitals. It applies to all federal government jobs and federal contractors as well IIRC
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One thing I learned playing Nuclear War all those years: the purpose of immigration policy is to steal population from other countries.
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This is the longest January in history
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Eej posted:This is the longest January in history SSShhhhh.... Maybe they will just change the name, like what the Marines get...
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boop the snoot posted:my argument for women running the world is to just ask the question "how many gently caress ups in human history are the results of the actions of men?" the first woman in the senate was a slave owner and suffragist who was extremely pro lynching
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PookBear posted:the first woman in the senate was a slave owner and suffragist who was extremely pro lynching I am sure you could find a lot of lovely women in history. It doesn't change my point. "how many gently caress ups are attributed to men throughout human history?" you: "yeah but what about lovely women?" 
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In case it doesn't get linked by OP before the lock comes down like what happens every month; This here is a link to the February thread https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3992479&pagenumber=1&perpage=40 It's the first day of Tet today btw Happy Lunar New Year!
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