11-09-2021, 06:37 AM
People unvaccinated 'by choice' in Singapore will no longer get free COVID-19 treatment, sbs.news
Harsh, but fair. Getting people to put their money where their mouths are would have been a good policy in Australia (after giving the unvaccinated the opportunity to back down). As EB & others have noted, ICU stays are much longer for Covid than other causes and many of the drugs that are now available to treat infections are costly. Even better would have been a quota system for the unvaccinated so that Covid care wouldn't dominate other vital services.
The Singaporean solution is pretty much what happens in Victoria if you don't register a car and end up causing an accident which requires the TAC to pay for medical expenses or lost wages. The TAC will pay out but then will sue to recover those payments from you. The unvaccinated would be like gamblers putting their houses on the roll of the dice. If you throw craps, you lose your house. That's freedom for you.
Quote:The Singaporean government has said unvaccinated people "disproportionately contribute" to the strain on the country's healthcare resources.
Harsh, but fair. Getting people to put their money where their mouths are would have been a good policy in Australia (after giving the unvaccinated the opportunity to back down). As EB & others have noted, ICU stays are much longer for Covid than other causes and many of the drugs that are now available to treat infections are costly. Even better would have been a quota system for the unvaccinated so that Covid care wouldn't dominate other vital services.
The Singaporean solution is pretty much what happens in Victoria if you don't register a car and end up causing an accident which requires the TAC to pay for medical expenses or lost wages. The TAC will pay out but then will sue to recover those payments from you. The unvaccinated would be like gamblers putting their houses on the roll of the dice. If you throw craps, you lose your house. That's freedom for you.