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Thanks for the on the ground intel. I have never seen him advocate for vaccines but I only spent two week in FLA this year. What I do know is he has very famously battled against private enterprise that has wanted to require vaccines. Telling U.S. businesses how they should operate seems to be the biggest Un-Republican, non conservative way of governing possible. And IMO it sends a message that you're anti vaccine. I really don't care that he made the elderly a priority...everyone did. That was a lay-up. I just find it incredible that a Republican Governor is fighting with cruise ship operators. I thought we were the party of Business?
So much for following the science.
Boy, does Delta Airlines have a great idea.We're not going to force you to be vaccinated against Covid-19. As in, it's your right to be stupid if you want to be.Oh, by the way, your health insurance will increase by $200 per month if you don't show proof of vaccination.Very much the right idea!!!!!!!
I said it before but the Feds blew it by NOT tying stimulus checks, student loan and rent forgiveness to vaccinations.
That extra $200 a month sure helps Delta, and sure hurts unvaccinated employees.Not sure what it does for those who are exposed to illness by those unvaccinated employees.Given my druthers, I'm flying United.
Brother MU, love you man, but you are absolutely wrong.
Publix is also one of DeSantis's largest financial supporters. Of course he is not critical of them. He also opposes mandatory vaccination of nursing home workers. And the elderly he was so quick to vaccinate are getting infected by the workers. Sometimes leading to hospitalizations. Again, not very fiscally responsible.
Delta's vaccination rate probably will be extremely close to United's.
That's a great idea, but outside of rent forgiveness (which i hear is STILL ~90% unallocated), all the others fell into periods where the vaccine wasn't available.
United's will be 100 percent.Do you find it a bit inconsistent to say you're opposed to vaccine mandates, but strongly favor terms of employment that, by your own estimation, would require vaccination?
I don’t think that’s inconsistent. He’s been pretty firm in his support of vaccines. And thinking everyone should be vaccinated. To me there is a clear difference between “I think my company should require vaccinations for all our employees” and “I think the government should force/mandate my company to require vaccinations”
Why is doing this any different from charging smokers extra for their health insurance? It's a choice people make that can materially increase their future medical bills. Why should any company have to subsidize that?
I'm with you. If you engage in activities that put you at a higher risk then you should pay more. When I got life insurance I had to answer questions about recreational activities like rock climbing, sky diving, scuba, etc.
I think we should speak with Reuben Feffer to assess any insurance premium increases and how vaccination affects the algorithm
Brother JWags:Absolutely. I was vaccinated as soon as I could be under Florida's priorities. I received my second shot in April and pushed my children and my wife to do likewise. It did not take much prodding as we all are in agreement.As a corporate employee, you have a choice: Get vaccinated or find a job that doesn't require vaccination. Period. The right to be stupid.On another subject, I want to raise a question for the group about governors and personal actions. Doesn't matter whether your political leaders are liberal or conservative, here's the questions:1) If my governor advocated an action that affected my health, I would do on his/her word.2) I'd listen to my governor but my governor has no impact on my healthcare decisions. If I'm vaccinated, its because my doctor tells me so.3) My governor's advocacy has no affect on my life. I act based on other factors.Same three questions for the President. One last thought on DeSantis. Brother MU, our governor did not mandate vaccinations for nursing home workers. But so what. I'm confident enough that nursing homes themselves will mandate employee vaccines. Do you want your parents or grandparents living in a nursing home where the workers aren't vaccinated? I think the market would speak for itself.
Floridians Are Turning on Ron DeSantis as Covid Deaths Hit Record Highhttps://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/florida-covid-cases-deaths-ron-desantis-mask-mandates-1216694/(Trigger warning for Lenny and Ziggy: Don't wet your pants, but this involves a poll)."Covid-19 is obliterating Florida.The Sunshine State comfortably leads the nation in average daily cases, average daily hospitalizations, and average daily deaths, according to The New York Times. This isn’t just because of its large population. Florida also leads the nation in hospitalizations per capita, and trails on Louisiana and Mississippi in cases per capita and deaths per capita. Last week, the state reported more new cases and more deaths than at any other point during the pandemic.It shouldn’t come as a huge surprise, then, that Floridians have had it with Governor Ron DeSantis’ continued opposition to sensible preventative measures that have been proven to mitigate the spread of the disease. A Quinnipiac poll released Tuesday found that a plurality of DeSantis’ constituents believe he is hurting rather than helping efforts to slow the spread of the disease; that 61 percent of Floridians believe the rise recent explosion was preventable; and that 63 percent believe masks are effective while 59 percent support wearing them indoors.The poll also found that 60 percent of Florida residents support requiring faculty and students to wear masks while in school, something DeSantis has opposed so stridently that he has threatened to strip funding from the school districts who impose mask mandates."