Covid-19 vaccine thread

[danielravennest]

There are a lot of "not for profit" hospitals that exist to host for-profit doctor's groups, staffing agencies, administration companies, ERs, labs, and pretty much everything but the building itself. They either get paid fees for service by the non-profit or pay a rate to use the facility. The for-profits can write off payments to the non-profit as business expenses, avoiding taxes, while the non-profit avoids taxes, especially property tax on the building. It's a win-win. Unless you are a patient.

I learned about this the hard way about a decade ago, when I had to go to the hospital for what turned out to be kidney stones (owwww). Afterwards I got about a half-dozen separate bills. I paid the legitimate ones like ambulance and cat-scan, but there was one I called "drive-by medicine". Some doctor billed me $900 who I never saw. After a long battle with the help of Blue Cross (who the doctor never filed with) and collection agencies bugging me, they finally gave up because there was no documentation for the doctor seeing me or doing anything for me. My guess is he got my name off the chart or data in the ER and decided to earn some extra bucks.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

(sorry).

 

[Essence Lumin]

In yet another baseless accusation against coronavirus vaccines, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday suggested that the Pfizer-BioNTech shot could turn people into crocodiles or result in women growing a beard, reported AFP.

“If you turn into a crocodile, it’s your problem,” Bolsonaro said, referring to Pfizer’s disclaimer that the company was not responsible for side effects. “If you become superhuman, if a woman starts to grow a beard or if a man starts to speak with an effeminate voice, they will not have anything to do with it.”

Coronavirus vaccines can turn people into crocodiles, women may grow beard, claims Jair Bolsonaro

After launching the country’s immunisation campaign on Wednesday, the Brazil president said he would not get vaccinated.

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[Beebo Brink]

Coronavirus vaccines can turn people into crocodiles, women may grow beard, claims Jair Bolsonaro

After launching the country’s immunisation campaign on Wednesday, the Brazil president said he would not get vaccinated.

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I hate 2020. It's impossible to spot parodies anymore. I could have sworn this was faked news, but apparently not.

 

[Soen Eber]

Doesn't Bolsonaro have a bit of a history?

 

[Free]

Coronavirus vaccines can turn people into crocodiles, women may grow beard, claims Jair Bolsonaro

After launching the country’s immunisation campaign on Wednesday, the Brazil president said he would not get vaccinated.

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For some people, these side effects might be a positive change.

 

[Casey Pelous]

I hate 2020. It's impossible to spot parodies anymore. I could have sworn this was faked news, but apparently not.

Someone told me about it and my take was it had to be ... HAD to be ... some sort of idiom that just didn't translate.

It would seem I was mistaken.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

For some people, these side effects might be a positive change.

 

[Free]

Afraid the bearded lady might turn people off?

 

[Innula Zenovka]

An update on our vaccine roll-out, which isn't yet going as badly as I feared it might, though there's plenty of time for it to go badly wrong, of course. At least shipments are arriving and being distributed, though not a quickly as a lot of hospitals had hoped.

And buried in there is the nugget that the AstraZenica vaccine is likely to be approved next week, which should speed things up considerably.

NHS leaders raise concerns over pace of Covid vaccine rollout

Exclusive: more than half of hospital trusts in England yet to receive supplies as variant spreads

www.theguardian.com

 

[Aribeth Zelin]

So, went to check on florida's status and of course DeSatan isn't requiring the vaccine here....

 

[danielravennest]

According to Our World in Data, as of yesterday about 0.2% of the US has gotten the first dose of the COVID vaccine, or 627,000 people. That includes the people who got it during drug trials. They also have numbers for other countries.

 

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[Dakota Tebaldi]

....that has to be a joke. Has to be.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

....that has to be a joke. Has to be.

I swear I've seen that same post before, and more than six days ago.

 

[Arkady Arkright]

I see the UK is keeping up with the trend.. ‘A scandal’: Fury after hospital bosses given coronavirus vaccine ahead of front line medics

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Analysis: Some Said the Vaccine Rollout Would Be a ‘Nightmare.’ They Were Right. - KFF Health News

There are already signs that the distribution of the COVID vaccines will be messy, confusing and chaotic.

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