So, what next? For all those dithering about whether the unvaccinated ought to be eligible for hospital-based COVID-19 treatment, maybe it is time to stop and think about how having a hospital “bed” available means more than a physical bed, it means a staffed bed, and, in particular, a bed staffed for COVID-19 treatment. The brutality of the market is determining who gets a fully staffed COVID-19 hospital bed in Missouri, not the philosopher kings among us.
Aggressive Recruitment of Unvaccinated Health Professionals by Nebraska’s Department of Veteran Affairs
I don’t have a good feeling about this, as reported by Modern Health Care:
Nebraska’s veterans affairs agency is facing questions from a state lawmaker after it published job advertisements for nurses touting the fact that the state doesn’t require its employees to get coronavirus vaccinations.
The ads on a state jobs website prominently note the lack of vaccination requirements for state employees, right after mentioning a $5,000 hiring bonus. In a separate mail advertisement, the state lists “No mandated COVID-19 vaccination” as one of the “many great benefits” of its nursing jobs.
Refusing to Play Along
Here we have a professor with a strong moral compass.
Can a University Prohibit a Teacher From Re-Considering a F2F Teaching Election in Light of Fast Changing COVID-19 Developments in Out of Control Spread Areas?
They can try. From today’s email from UMKC’s administration, a statement that course modality may not be altered without the consent of a Dean:
Changes to Class Format
Changes to course format this close to the start of the semester are highly disruptive to our students. For that reason, faculty should not be changing class modality at this time. Only under rare and exceptional circumstances, and when it would not be disruptive to students, a chair, with dean support, can change a course modality.
They can try. But, isn’t the risk assessment for each individual variable and fact dependent?
Dr. Fauci’s Take on Missouri
Can a University Prevent Its Faculty From Discussing Vaccination?
Can a University Prohibit Its Faculty From Asking Students About Their Vaccination Status?
A Panresistant C. Auris
Be afraid. Be very afraid.
What’s In a Footnote?
What’s in a footnote? In the case of the recent Missouri Supreme Court Medicaid expansion opinion, everything is in footnote four. I can’t wait to see what the Missouri legislature does once its current Medicaid appropriation is exhausted on the original Medicaid and expansion Medicaid populations. This could get interesting.
Missouri Medicaid Expansion at the Missouri Supreme Court
Here’s a good summary of where we are after Tuesday’s oral argument at the Missouri Supreme Court.
