[FRIAM] Medical treatments for some or for all

[David Eric Smith]

> On Aug 20, 2021, at 1:31 AM, Jochen Fromm <jofr at cas-group.net> wrote:
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> The governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, has tested positive for the virus, although he is fully vaccinated. He has no symptoms but receives the same $100,000 Regeneron treatment as Donald Trump, maybe because he sits in a wheelchair and belongs to a risk group. Is it right that famous politicians are getting the most expensive treatments while ordinary people have to worry if they can pay a treatment at all, for instance because they have lost their health insurance? 

I assume that last sentence is a rhetorical question?

> https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/08/17/1028574761/texas-governor-greg-abbott-tests-positive-covid-19-coronavirus
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> -J.
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