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Old 09-13-2021, 07:44 PM   #937
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Originally Posted by Irace86.2.0 View Post
We could compare to other countries. We have data now, and we will have plenty of data in the future to show what would have been the best course, but all that is easier said in hindsight than in the moment. What we know now is the vaccine is the cheapest and fastest way to get us out of this situation.

Plenty of data from states and the government are showing the same thing. This is old news.

https://www.foxnews.com/health/covid...-nonvaccinated

https://www.washingtonpost.com/healt...ccine-studies/

The vaccine mandate isn't much of an inconvenience, and far from a major inconvenience. The vaccine takes little to no time. The mandate has provisions that work is required to give someone paid time to go get the shots. There is little excuse in terms of time or costs for the individual.

Do you have an alternative to the vaccine that is cheaper and faster at eliminating the pandemic? Seems like most people just say is to ignore the pandemic, and to put everyone back to work regardless and just let anyone get vaccinated who wants to get vaccinated. Well, that is pretty much what we have been doing. Hospitals are overwhelmed. Workers are avoiding work. Businesses are throwing money at workers, but it doesn't help because no one wants to trade their health or their family's health for money. They are offering nurses a $10k hiring bonus at my hospital, $350 incentive per shift to work and not call out, incentives to ancillary workers, and huge payouts to traveling nurses, yet it still is impossible to fill all the shifts. Why? Because people are breaking down from this pandemic and aren't going to trade their physical or mental wellbeing for money. My wife is a manager and can't find workers. Her whole industry is trying to get workers with incentives and higher pay, but the store is down dozens of workers and operating on the edge. What is your solution?
Give everyone a choice - get vaccinated or go into isolation/exile until there have been no cases nationally for one year.
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