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Re:Ireland drops most Covid restrictions in wake of 'Omicron...
by guerrilla on Saturday January 22, 2022 @08:47AM
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You'll be taking up a hospital place for people who can't get vaccinated. That seems pretty dangerous.
https://news.ycombinator.com/reply?id=30036474&goto=item%3Fi...
Re:Ireland drops most Covid restrictions in wake of 'Omicron...
by Ensorceled on Saturday January 22, 2022 @09:05AM
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This is identical to saying "I'm just pissing in my corner of the pool" or "I'm just polluting my own land".
Unless you are staying home and getting food delivered?
Re:Ireland drops most Covid restrictions in wake of 'Omicron...
by JohnJamesRambo on Saturday January 22, 2022 @08:55AM
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What if your body incubates the mutation to the next Greek letter and it is highly transmissible, our vaccines don’t work on it, AND it is more deadly?
Re:Ireland drops most Covid restrictions in wake of 'Omicron...
by eej71 on Saturday January 22, 2022 @08:53AM
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What's your assessment of the vaccines ability to reduce severity of infection and reduce the number of people who need hospitalization or even length of hospitalization?
Re:Ireland drops most Covid restrictions in wake of 'Omicron...
by Kim_Bruning on Saturday January 22, 2022 @09:08AM
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Insufficient information.
Have you taken other/alternate measures to prevent yourself from becoming a risk factor to yourself and others?
Re:Ireland drops most Covid restrictions in wake of 'Omicron...
by throwaway6734 on Saturday January 22, 2022 @09:05AM
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Sure but if you need to get hospitalized due to Covid it's absurd that the rest of us need to bear that financial burden via increased insurance prices or increased taxes
Re:Ireland drops most Covid restrictions in wake of 'Omicron...
by lambdaba on Saturday January 22, 2022 @09:27AM
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what if they're actually much healthier than average (because of other personal choices)? and what about all the other bad decisions people do wrt. their health (which is what causes the vast majority of healthcare expenditures)?
Re:Ireland drops most Covid restrictions in wake of 'Omicron...
by throwaway6734 on Saturday January 22, 2022 @09:30AM
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Those other situations should also be factored into the price they pay for healthcare. That being said, many of those other issues (addiction, obesity, etc.) are much more difficult to "prevent" than getting a vaccine. If there was a vaccination for those issues, then I would put them in exactly the same class.