[FRIAM] buzzwords aside

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Well, even if it's only slightly worse than the flu, vaccination will still reduce the number of dead each year ... and the number of days lost to ill employees, etc. Public health will always be important. My hope is that more people will realize that. But they probably won't.

On 9/20/21 7:36 PM, Marcus Daniels wrote:
> If Pfizer or Moderna get a version(s) +N out, the main remaining issue is crowding of hospitals.  Insurers will make adjustments for behavior.  Who cares if vaccination increases at that point?   
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>> On Sep 20, 2021, at 2:21 PM, uǝlƃ ☤>$ <gepropella at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> I suppose it depends on the culture wars. As covid becomes endemic, and the crazies who seem to have enough free time to spend Wednesday afternoons holding anti-mandate signs at the capitol slowly drift on to their next reactionary topic, we may see a steady increase in vaccinations. Hopefully, this recent politicization of vaccines won't continue and size of the "hesitant" will shrink back down to the just the wackos like it was in the good ol' days.
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>>> On 9/20/21 2:02 PM, Prof David West wrote:
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>>> Now that insurers are not forgiving copays or allowing coverage for the unvaccinated can we expect an increase?
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>>> Davew
>>>> On Mon, Sep 20, 2021, at 10:48 AM, uǝlƃ ☤>$ wrote:
>>>> Seeing the butterfly effect in hospital transfers for Covid-19 patients
>>>> https://www.statnews.com/2021/09/20/hospital-transfers-covid-19-butterfly-effect/
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>>>> "What I find ironic is that states that have failed to mandate Covid-19 
>>>> mitigation strategies, such as vaccines and wearing masks, are turning 
>>>> to states that instituted strict public health measures — and with 
>>>> fewer Covid-19 cases, have more available hospital capacity — to care 
>>>> for their patients."
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