Yes.
Excerpt:
Texas doesn’t have statewide guidelines for critical care and triage, which means that caregivers are left to their own local organizing. But tough times like the ones brought on by low vaccination rates and the delta variant require a re-examination of priors. This fourth wave of Covid hospitalizations differs from all the others, because almost everyone who is severely ill is also unvaccinated. In Texas, more than 12,800 people are in the hospital because of Covid-19, and between 93 and 98 percent of them are unvaccinated.
It’s tempting to blame this wave not on the virus but on the people who didn’t get their shots. “This has been bubbling up—this anger, this frustration, this fear, this worry. Every day, we’re seeing the ascent of the curve. Now it’s the steepest it’s ever been,” Fine says. “So I and the other leaders of the task force, we decided, you know, these numbers are not looking good. These questions are coming up."
Also, many insurers are no longer covering the cost of covid care. Probably a good idea to get the damn shot since this is the free market chuds love so much.
That's disgusting from the insurance companies. Vaccinated people can still end up in hospital, even at vastly reduced rates. And even if someone is antivaxx they shouldn't be punished in that way financially, if they survive
I agree it’s beyond fucked, these insurance companies should get the wall. Just another example of how this shit is starting to go really sdeways for anyone who is still holding out on getting vaccinated.