Some governmental units and companies are requiring their employees to get a Covid vaccine shot: staff at nursing homes and hospitals; teachers; and more. Delta Airlines is taking a different approach: they’re adding a $200 monthly surcharge on the cost of health insurance plans for employees who won’t get a shot.1 The reaction seems to be: that’s a great idea. After all, if you get Covid and have to go to the hospital, which is a lot more likely if you don’t get a shot, it costs a lot of money.
I understand the reaction. We need to get people vaccinated. Requiring them to get a shot. Adding a surcharge to an employee’s health insurance premium. Whatever it takes. This is a pandemic.
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