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In reply to the discussion: Should hospitals be allowed to turn away patients based on race, creed, suspected gayness... [View all]lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)20. Somebody's refusal to vaccinate is a voluntary choice.
Unlike most of the other analogies.
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Should hospitals be allowed to turn away patients based on race, creed, suspected gayness... [View all]
Hekate
Jul 2021
OP
I treid to make that point earlier. We have to fight our rage and justified resentment.
hlthe2b
Jul 2021
#2
i dont know about this "slope" but it makes no sense to turn them away if they are
Eliot Rosewater
Jul 2021
#3
Exactly. If you are unvaccinated, you are voluntarily a danger to staff and patients.
lagomorph777
Jul 2021
#19
At last, someone with a memory. I was thinking both of the early AIDS crisis & the pre-Civil Rights
Hekate
Jul 2021
#51
Oh, I happen to agree that the unvaccinated right now should not be turned away, BUT
Goodheart
Jul 2021
#74
There is solid precedent, btw, in the "conscience clauses" demanded by the Evangelicals ...
Hekate
Jul 2021
#14
I would guess that most people saying that are just venting, because many of us
Crunchy Frog
Jul 2021
#16
My brother, who died last year of COPD, started smoking by age 13. Some people are so judgmental...
Hekate
Jul 2021
#45
As a highly communicable disease threat, they should go to separate COVID facilities.
roamer65
Jul 2021
#28
I read it but your thesis is still crap. Vaccines protect against the Delta virus..
Tomconroy
Jul 2021
#60
No read again. They specifically stated that 6 ft will not work with Delta in one of the articles.
roamer65
Jul 2021
#61
Read all my comments in this thread and you will understand my point, loud and clear
Hekate
Jul 2021
#37
Walking away from anyone who need medical assistance violates the Hippocratic Oath.
meadowlander
Jul 2021
#40
Yet right here at DU we have members demanding that doctors & hospitals do just that
Hekate
Jul 2021
#42
Another perspective on this. Nurses getting abused and threatened by covidiots.
Crunchy Frog
Jul 2021
#71
As I mentioned earlier, DUers. Very, very angry DUers with vengeful thoughts. Okay, not all...
Hekate
Jul 2021
#88