Everyday, more Americans are still getting sick and dying from Covid, despite our massively fast vaccination roll-out. By June, we should have everyone vaccinated and stopped the spread- and the variants.
But, of course, we won’t, because there are “freedom loving anti-vax” people who are going to insist on not getting vaccinated. They will become the petri dish for new strains, that are increasingly dangerous, and will continue to spread and kill more Americans. They are proverbial menaces to society.
How do we solve this problem? Simple- if you aren’t vaccinated by July 1, if you get covid, you cannot be treated by any facility or physician that accepts government funded care. If you die of covid, your life insurance policy is null and void.
Now, don’t think that I would only use these conditions for care for Covid- I think it should also be applied to anyone who:
- Is in a motorcycle accident and isn’t wearing a helmet.
- Is in a car and not using a seatbelt.
- Is operating a car with a blood alcohol level over .8
- Riding a bike without a helmet.
The difference with almost all of the above 4 contingencies, is, you aren’t going to keep killing people after you win your Darwin awards, whereas vaccine avoiders can continue to cause problems by prolonging the spread and mutation of the virus.
There are a lot more American’s today than there were in 1918 with the Spanish Flu pandemic. We’re going to kill just as many American’s because of the stupidity of our leadership. Continue to wear masks, social distance and get vaccinated as soon as possible.
FYI. I got the J&J vaccine last Saturday but I’m not doing selfies on Facebook. I can enter your office now ….
Noting that in the ’70s during the original motorcycle helmet laws, an orthopedist stopped by the x-ray department to look at the latest severe leg fracture–I forget which one, perhaps it was the femur so badly comminuted that it looked like a 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle.
He noted that in prior times, that biker would have left bits of his brains scattered over the curb and would not need tens of thousands of dollars of medical care, PT, and lifetime disability. Which, of course, would save us all money in the long run.
Careful what you ask for.