O/T:- ⚠️Impressed with the leadership [The UK Party Politics Thread]

[Maggie's Farm]

Don't often comment on this thread but I have been consistently surprised by how many seemingly clever and sensible people ( including many members of my own family) believe the hype peddled about COVID stats. Anyone who listens to the Joe Rogan interviews will know how much money hospitals in the USA can get for reporting a death as linked to COVID ( $30,000 US per death) and then he was hounded out by various 'experts' despite almost all the information being factual and impartial. I took one of my kids to the doctors yesterday and the doctor ( who I previously respected but now don't) offered me a booster 4 times and it wasn't even my appointment. I politely declined the first time but as he persevered ( as he is paid around $60 per booster) I pointed out that I had recently had COVID and as such was developing natural antibodies had the first 2 jabs and as the booster a) doesn't really give me much benefit versus risk in terms of Omicron and only lasts a few months and b) will no doubt make me feel like crap again like the first 2 and having just had covid I don't really want to feel like that again. Didn't stop him asking 2 more times. Anyone who thinks the COVID response isn't about money needs to re-educate themselves.

hope your son's ok.

Joe Rogan! college dropout making $$$millions off selling you medical opinions clearly deserves to profit from covid more than hospitals!

he's laughing at you all the way to the bank, mate xd

eta: personally I think all health care should be universally free. for profit healthcare throws up all sorts of ethical problems like this. still rather get my info from someone who's business isn't sloshing controversy around.