Try hotel bars and dress way up.

Paxlovid.com "PAXLOVID has not been approved, but has been authorized for emergency use by FDA under an EUA, for the treatment of mild-to-moderate COVID-19 in adults and pediatric patients (12 years of age and older weighing at least 40 kg) with positive results of direct SARS-CoV-2 viral testing, and who are at high risk for progression to severe COVID-19, including hospitalization or death."

I don't interpret that as authorized "for everyone." Show me where you're getting your info from where anyone can be prescribed Paxlovid?

It's not ableist. Paxlovid is literally only approved for people who have an increased risk of developing severe primary disease NOT for people who are at risk of developing early onset secondary diseases. This is in the actual drug literature and in the FDA emergency approval. I'm saying this as a cancer patient who is at risk of getting severe primary disease. You're not necessarily wrong, but Paxlovid is not yet approved for everyone.

Here's the thing, paxlovid is to treat people who have a risk of primary complications with COVID as in they are at risk of getting severely sick from their COVID infection itself not secondary long term complications of having COVID. That may be why you got the push back.

I was asking a question, and I literally said "I'm confused"...

I'm confused is having increased risk of a disease, but not actually having it, considered being at increased risk for severe COVID? Seems like that's using the transitive property which I don't think is how it works.

The only thing that seems likely is the blue line connector to red. That will probably be a thing in next 10 years. The Union extension to Porter seems possible but maybe 20 years or more. Loop public transportation doesn't see a lot of ridership in most places because people want to go in direct lines to get places.

No. The at-fault drivers auto insurance will pay for what it can. Then your own health insurance coverage kicks in to pay the rest minus deductible, coinsurance. And then you're only paying up to your OOP maximum.

Some people, many people. Without knowing you're assuming everyone there is uninsured or has cheap health insurance. The world is not made up entirely of people who are disadvantaged financially. This is a tragedy, not everything has to be turned into a crusade for you to take action. Worry about their health first not their finances. I would be insulted if a friend heard I was injured and the first thing they thought about was how I was going to afford it and not asked me about how I am actually feeling physically.

I wasn't trying to say it was. I was saying for this specific accident. People are like making it into this political thing that the system has failed them and like everyone there is like an uninsured person who makes minimum wage. Most of the people there probably have resources to tap into to cover costs. Can we worry about their health not their finances?

>Most insurance carriers pay a percentage of expenses and may have maximum payouts.

Have you ever had to use your own health insurance for really high hospital costs? This is not the way it works. Otherwise no one would be able to afford cancer treatment or surgery. Please google "out of pocket maximum." Maybe for dental insurance it works the way you describe.

Yes, this is true. I assume Apple employees will get some sort of workers comp. A few of those people probably have short term or long term disability through their employer. Those that don't have MA PMFL benefits at very least.

What, like how are people forgetting about HEALTH INSURANCE?

People have their own health insurance which should cover the majority of the costs. Anyone without health insurance I bet a GoFundMe is setup. Not sure what the purpose of your post is.

There is one type of fraud happening here, tax fraud. Most likely they're a RI resident pretending to be a FL resident for the tax breaks not a FL resident pretending to be a RI resident for voting implications. Also, if you could vote in FL, I'm not sure why you would want to vote in RI instead. Your vote is going to mean a lot more in FL.

Correct, if it makes sense for the specific area or road. If you read the entire op-ed the authors aren't against car alternative transportation, in fact they state they are for it, they're against decisions on bike lanes being made without consulting residents in areas where bikes lanes might make little sense for those residents.

I'm personally disgusted with your response. I am temporarily disabled, probably wouldn't be able to use a bike (due to pulmonary restriction because of cancer) for a year. And probably shouldn't use public transportation for a few months because of a weakened immune system because of chemo. The place where I was diagnosed was Mt. Auburn Hospital which is in the area in question. You should really try to consider that anyone you encounter could actually have a disability they don't exactly wear a sign saying they are.

So I think people who say the solution to a failed road system is more bikes overlooks the fact that not everyone is a healthy 20 something to 30 something year old person who has the pulmonary capacity to bike everywhere. Same with public transportation and people with weakened immune systems. Like a good percentage of Cambridge's older population need transportation by car and by extension parking. The people in that area don't need less parking and more bike infrastructure.