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Dollar General plans to pay employees to get Covid-19 vaccination

reuters.com

12 pointssoftwaredoug8 comments

What is it worth to a nation's economy to have everyone vaccinated QUICKLY?

Gonna be interesting how they're going to handle the 50 difference systems for determining who's eligible for vaccinations.

I assume only a small % of employees would be in 1A or 1B categories of most states.

Please read the article or superkuh's comment below. The headline is somewhat misleading.

COVID19 vaccines will be free in the US right???

Yes. But you still have to spend time to get vaccinated. The headline is not really correct. They'll compensate them for time away from working if they spend it getting vaccinated.

>frontline hourly team members with a one-time payment equivalent of four (4) hours of regular pay after receiving a completed COVID-19 vaccination and salaried team members with additional store labor hours to accommodate their time away from the store.

Looks like there’s an administration fee which your insurance pays if you have one and government pays if you don’t, so yeah basically free.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/faq.html

> Who is paying for COVID-19 vaccine?

> Vaccine doses purchased with U.S. taxpayer dollars will be given to the American people at no cost. However, vaccination providers will be able to charge an administration fee for giving the shot to someone. Vaccine providers can get this fee reimbursed by the patient’s public or private insurance company or, for uninsured patients, by the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Provider Relief Fund.

Dunno what they'll cost in the US, but the EU price list was leaked and it's not astronomical. 2 EUR - 18 EUR/dose. Administration costs will be higher than that.

https://globalnews.ca/news/7532121/coronavirus-vaccine-price...

We have at least 2 interchangeable vaccines on the market right now, and likely more on the way. Competition should keep costs down like a generic drug.

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