Should unvaxed people be allowed admission into the hospital for covid?

[NightWatcher]

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	11 (28%)
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	24 (60%)
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[RB TexLa]

1. They shouldn't be treated in a hospital for anything.

[Pobeka]

2. Back of the line if they need an ICU. Booted off if vaxxed patient shows up.

[Haggard Celine]

5. That's exactly what I think.

[Maru Kitteh]

6. +1

[Bettie]

3. There should be space set aside for other non-covid emergency cases

so that others (car accidents, heart attacks) can be cared for as well.

I don't know, but a person with an unrelated condition shouldn't have to die because of anti-vaxxers.

[Jim__]

4. Suppose we made a rule like that. Then suppose Trump gets elected in 2024.

I know if Trump gets back in power in 2024, we are in for a disaster. But what type of blow-back do you think there would be if we implemented rules that blocked some people from being admitted to hospitals?

[SoCalDavidS]

7. ZERO Chance That Happens In America

If anything, we give priority to such people.

[leftstreet]

8. Should hospitals have expanded, rather than shuttered?

Mergers, closures, investor profits...

Seeing moral purity tests that ignore planned for-profit scarcity on DU is just cringe

[greenjar_01]

11. Agreed

Part of the problem of hospital capacity is the destruction of the community-serving hospital in favor of profit. In some ways, we're attacking the very victims of those structural changes. Help everybody.

[leftstreet]

12. Very nicely stated

In some ways, we're attacking the very victims of those structural changes.

[bucolic_frolic]

9. Vaccines should be a required part of health insurance

just like collision, no collision. You aren't covered, no delivery of services. Vaccines here should be mandatory.

Look at it this way. So many people for so long, without health insurance. Were they covered? No. They were last in line, seeking discounts, cancellations, being routed to other hospitals. No Medicaid? Too bad. Next!

[greenjar_01]

10. I've changed my mind on this again: yes, help everybody that we can

[Scrivener7]

13. I'm really glad I don't have to make this decision.

[NightWatcher]

15. Same. Thats why I tried to make this OP without any spin.

My position changes on this issue from day to day and hour to hour sometimes. I'm worn out.

[Scrivener7]

23. Me too.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

14. We need vaccine passports and to exclude/shun assholes who refuse to be vaccinated

Link to tweet

[LonePirate]

16. Yes if beds are available. No if beds are full, assuming they are unvaccinated by choice.

[MustLoveBeagles]

17. I picked other

Unvaccinated children should still be admitted with appropriate precautions taken as they're at the mercy of their parents and may not be unvaccinated by choice. The adults could be treated in field tents so they don't overwhelm the hospitals or they can stay home and eat horse paste.

[Takket]

18. i said yes but there should be conditions........

they should be the first ones triaged out to make way if there is a vaxxed person who is sick and no bed for them (medical ethics demand in triage situations that you maximize survival.) same for any other condition.

any person admitted for covid, vaxxed or not, should have to sign a waiver that clearly states the hospital's treatment regimen for covid and that hydroxy/invermectin are not approved treatments and will not be administered. anyone who refuses to agree to those terms because they want a quack cure should be sent home to die.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

19. Yes. My god, that it's a question.

[louslobbs]

20. They should first go down to the local feed store

to pick up a 25 gallon drum of Roger Stones Magical Miracle Horse Paste (high pressure enema pumping hose sold separately) and while driving to the grocery store, insert pressure hose into Anus and fill lower bowel with 1gallon of Roger Stones Magical Miracle Horse Paste. At the grocery store, they should pick up 66lbs of TRUMPS Flash Frozen TOTS and PEARS. Before retiring to bed, they should shove a large hydroxychloroquine suppository deep into their rectum while slowly sipping a piping hot cup of off brand bleach. If still alive in the morning, they should attend church services and repeat until their story appears on sorryantivaxxer.com. Under no circumstances, should they now trust science and medicine, and endeavor to enter a hospital emergency room for treatment. If all else fails and should they continue to barely breathe, they should use their last breath’s to call Mar a Lago Club, Palm Beach, for further instructions.

[madville]

21. Of course they should be treated

There is a very vocal minority here that has developed an alternate reality where they believe all the unvaccinated are Trump supporting rednecks.

The reality is that in places like here in FL, the least vaccinated population is Black people, with around 55% vaccinated. Are they really suggesting that, say here in Jacksonville where there is a large Black population, that the hospitals refuse the unvaccinated ones service by the hundreds or thousands? And also remember that Black people are disproportionately afflicted with COVID risk factors such as obesity, heart disease, diabetes, etc.

[egduj]

22. Smokers with lung cancer?

Alcoholics with liver failure? Addicts who OD? Accident victims who weren't wearing a seatbelt?

I think we can go on all night.

[LiberatedUSA]

24. I think if you have not had at least one shot...

…dated before you got sick, you should be turned away unless there is a surplus of beds; which does not exist right now.

Edit:

Turned away for Covid reasons. Not turned away for anything else. Covid takes beds from people who need them for other reasons.

[NameAlreadyTaken]

25. Unvaxed people should not be allowed in hospitals, period

If other indoor facilities can require proof of vaccination to enter, hospitals should be able to require it too. Unvaccinated people pose a risk to everyone in the building.

[2naSalit]

26. Sure, admit them...

However, Upon admission they must sign agreement to follow medical protocols and treatment plans. If they start insisting on stupid shit remedies, send their asses home so they can treat themselves and die there.

[sciencescience]

27. YES. Many people knowingly do stupid/risky things that land them in the hospital and we treat them.

[AngryOldDem]

28. No. Open field hospitals if need be.

Exercise strict triage. If it came down to giving a bed to a stroke patient or to someone who’s been willfully ignorant (or just plain ignorant), I know my choice.

They have to live (or not, as the case may be) with the consequences of their actions. Sounds harsh, but I’ve been done with these assclowns for a long while now. No sympathy here anymore.

[mvd]

29. Yes, but..

I sure wish the vaccinated would get first preference. Ethically, though, the sickest should be treated first.

[Sympthsical]

30. Should stupid people be treated in hospitals?

If they've done something wildly idiotic to land them there? Apparently not.

Well, that will clear up a lot of beds, even before Covid.

I can't decide if I'm enjoying watching everyone's moral compass careen out of control because of politics.

It's interesting, though.

[roamer65]

31. Britain is setting up field hospitals.

Heard it today on AlJazeera Newshour.

[oasis]

32. Oh hell no!

[EX500rider]

33. See: Hippocratic Oath nt

[cadoman]

34. they should be deported from the country

And an immigrant who appreciates what they get here and our rules should take the place of that trash.

Denying unvaxxed trash medical access that they've already essentially waived is ridiculous.