Alabama providers no longer directly ordering monoclonal antibody treatment

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3. What seems to be getting missed in the vax discussion is that treatment costs more than vaccinations

There is a local radio talk show host (Seattle) who yesterday was going on about "yeah, more people are getting Covid, but less of them as a % are dying of it than last year-- why worry?". Death is certainly a key marker of fighting a disease but what seems to be getting ignored is the cost of treatment. I was a hospital administrator before retiring a few years ago and the average cost of care for someone in an ICU bed was then $30k. Hard to say what insurance covers and doesn't but I have to think a two week stay in any ICU starting with an ER visit is going to leave even a decently insured person with a bunch of co-pays and deductibles they may be ill prepared to cover. And that is not including loss of income, long term employment and health affects. There is the loss of the person to the job market where there is a worker shortage. There is the terrible psychological cost to the health care providers that have to live this nightmare up close, day after day. The list goes on and on.