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Hoax. I do all the things you mentioned. Run my *as off, no booze, no cigs, no meat. And a vax. Get in line to pay the surcharge, sir.

Hoax. Our laws give insurers the freedom to do exactly what I have proposed. Enjoy the liberty. And, if you don’t like it, work to change the law. In the meantime, you don’t have a right to free insurance, or to private insurance subsidized on my dime. Not in my America. I don’t stand for the socialism that you seem to want, and I suspect that all of the non-commies here agree with me. Maybe insurers will do that. Maybe they won’t. It’s a business decision. Free markets, baby. Capitalism. America. Liberty. If you don’t like it, and you don’t want to pay the surcharge, get your vax or give up your insurance. You don’t have a right to private health insurance in this country. Stop being a commie and get with the program.

Call your Congressman. In the meantime, I’m going to enjoy watching insurers exercise their freedom to hit COVID deniers with big, juicy surcharges. Another Simpsons reference - that’s the kind of thing that makes democracy a friend, not a foe.

Same here. Weather and a COVID outbreak. This is put up or shut up week, and I feel like we’re maybe, finally, focused and ready to get our act together.

Don’t get the vax, go to the ER, and maybe the morgue. That’s the way it goes. But not my problem anymore. I wish it wasn’t so, but I guess I’ll reluctantly accept the improvement of the gene pool when these hoaxers decide to fight COVID with nothing, or horse dewormer, or Skittles, and become statistics. Such is life. And death. Now my big concern is that these COVID deniers don’t freeload on my good health habits. Enjoy the health insurance surcharges when you don’t get the vax. I love that business have the liberty to charge those who make things more expensive for everyone else more. Freedom, baby. That’s America, baby. Freedom. Liberty. Like Homer Simpson says, if you don’t like it, then go to Russia. Maybe there you could not take the Sputnik. Or maybe you could just be a commie. Whatever. I love my freedom.

Exciting news for those who, like me, love freedom. It turns out that surcharges of up to 30% of the cost of employer-sponsored health insurance can be charged to those who unjustifiably refuse a COVID-19 vaccine. I’m sure that we can all agree that this is great news. And, if you don’t want to get the vax, and want to continue to freeload on my good health habits in the collective pooling of risk, remember that you have the freedom to go without health insurance. (Which makes sense, anyways, because COVID is just another hoax by those evil rotten Democrats. Hoax. It’s not. But we all know that.). Enjoy our freedom, and the inevitable surcharges that will accompany your exercise of your freedom not to get a COVID-19 vaccine.

Phillips played more than Bryant and Ankou against NO. There's no guarantee that Star is back against NE. He's a big guy who had COVID. He might be awhile if his conditioning deteriorated or if he is fatigued. (Or if--as humans we all hope this isn't the case with anyone, Buffalo Bill or otherwise--he has a more serious case of COVID.)

That's what I see, too. We were tight against the saints. That plus the noise may have accounted for some of the pressure off of the edge. But it made a lot of sense with Breida's speed in the game plan and the reluctance to have another game wrecked by pressure in Josh's face.

I’m not a doctor, but in this situation I wonder if second opinion would be good news. It’s either torn, or it’s not. Second opinion might be relevant if there is a partial tear, or if it is sprained.

Hoax. You want to gorge at the buffet and then make me pay the bill. Get your shot or pay up. America, baby. Freedom. better load up on your HCQ with that new Botswana variant making the rounds.

I’m hopeful that we might get lucky here because I’d be surprised if they let him walk off the field if he failed the Lachlan test. MRI on Friday, no doubt.

Whomever decided to scratch moss and go with the tighter o-line splits gets a game ball. Less confusion on stunts/games in passing game and allowed breida to attack edges. It’s about time we went to that.

Peacock?

It’s not an indignation. And back read. I don’t like gluttons, either.

I did. You ignored it. I didn’t realize that writing an insurance policy so that policyholders and stakeholders benefit is authoritarian. Last I checked, that sounds like capitalism. Sounds like you might be on the wrong side of it. I’m sorry to hear that. Hoax. Actually, I don’t care and I hope someone jacks up your premiums so I don’t have to pay for your stupidity if you get sick.

I’m not a scientist, but I’ll hazard a guess. More human interaction (less “lockdowns”), mask fatigue or disuse, and an evolved virus that is more infectious but perhaps less lethal. Your point appears to be that more infections mean that the vax is ineffective. To my understanding, a vax isn’t going to prevent all spread; it should prevent some spread and make the spread that does occur less dangerous in those who are infected. Believe me, I am working on not working. Go stock market.

I know them pretty well. Let's not even get into how undermining NATO and palling around with Putin affects the "peace through strength" tenet of conservatism. Ding ding we have a winner. So get the vax and increase your odds of staying out of the hospital. Or pay for it yourself. Whatevs. Not my problem. Freedom at its finest. Have we accounted for transmission among the unvaccinated? Or asymptomatic presence in the vaccinated (which, BTW, is one of the purposes of the vax)? Nope. So another false equivalency--or, if you will, hoax--from you.

Hoax. The shot keeps hospitalizations down. Your own numbers say as much. If the shot didn't work, then hospitalizations would be 50/50 vexed and unvaxxed. They're not. Another hoax debunked.

Nope. What do conservatives stand for? Rule of law, free trade, individual liberty. What did Trump stand for? Tariffs, lies, and election law hoaxes. It's why people like Cheney--a longtime conservative--despise him.

57% of hospitalizations are unvaxxed, according to your numbers. 75% at ECMC are unvaxxed. Maybe you're a little unnerved by my good ideas here. Whatever. Wanna skip the shot? Cool. Time to pay for it. Conservatism is dead. Donald Trump destroyed it. Conservatives have no idea what they stand for or what their bedrock principles should be. I just have common sense. It's lacking these days.

Yup. I do. The vax cuts hospitalization rates. Stop spending my money on Medicare for the unvaxxed, commie.

I've thought it through. The hospitals will still take the patients. Then they'll sue the patients for unpaid bills and chase them down. Garnish their wages. Liens on Social Security. Push them into bankruptcy. Insurers will develop COVID riders for which adult unvaxxed can pay significant premiums. Not my problem. Capitalism. It's perfect. As to your other issues, those illegals bereft of insurance get the same treatment already. They get treated, and then they get sued if they stick around and can't pay their bills. Guy in the street? Same thing. If he has insurance that covers his GSW, good for him. If not, that's life. I'm fine with rewriting health insurance policies not to pay for someone like that so long as the shooting was a justified response to a criminal action. (Shooting someone for, say, public intoxication would not be a justified action.) Hoax. Nobody is outraged. And you painted with a broad brush. It's kind of like saying that everyone who believes that HCQ is an effective treatment for COVID is a drooling moron. Many of those people are drooling morons, but some probably are not.

Education doesn't work. We have too many stupid people here. A shocking indictment of our public education system. So now we have to hit them where it hurts. In their wallets. It's our freedom to do so, and I say that we exercise it. The fact that you might have to pay more for health insurance, or that your health insurance may not be as comprehensive as you would like, isn't tyrannical or exclusionary. It's capitalism--freedom--at its finest. Also, I note that nobody has disagreed with my plan to make the unvaxxed temporary bird/squirrel food. I appreciate the bipartisanship there.

There's no right to comprehensive health insurance in this country. You and I disagree there. Wanna do something dumb? Be prepared to pay for it. Just like smokers have higher life insurance premiums. In fact, maybe I just found the solution. Don't want a vax? Pay a higher premium. Let the actuaries sort it out. Done. Perfect solution. (For what it's worth, I feel the same way about the 300 pound slobs around here who live like gluttons and then expect me to pay for them when they have an inevitable stroke or heart attack. If they have money for Applebee's on a Tuesday night and whack down a half dozen beers and 20 wings every weekend night, then surely they can pay for their own Plavix. Jack up their premiums, too.)

Same way they get paid when they treat uninsureds for unavoidable or genetic conditions. Sue them, take a judgment, and have the judgment follow them around forever. No more buying guns and cigs and pickup trucks and Keystone Light and big TVs if you're an unvaxxed COVID patient. Gotta pay the hospital bills first. Nothing unethical about it. I just don't have to pay for their stupid anymore. It's a win for everyone. The nice thing about old people is that they typically chose to care for themselves and maintained their health. Unvaxxed COVID patients do the opposite. Freedom, baby. Cut them off.