A primary care physician can refuse treatment to unvaccinated patients

[SheltieLover]

https://www.localmemphis.com/mobile/article/news/verify/yes-a-private-care-doctor-can-refuse-treatment-if-patient-isnt-vaccinated/91-614b7d30-c72f-4456-9f5a-fe52e94bf6ee

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — When it comes to legal matters pertaining to COVID-19 and vaccinations, we’ve seen several claims circulating the internet.

One THV11 VERIFY viewer wrote in, asking, “Is it legal for a primary care physician to stop seeing patients who he has treated for 10+ years for not getting the experimental COVID vaccine?”

Attorney Boyd pointed out that the COVID-19 vaccine is not "experimental," in that the shot has been recommended and approved by the CDC.

"As far as I know under the law, there is nothing that precludes a physician from terminating a patient relationship as long as it is not due to any discriminatory reasons, i.e. race, sex, or sexual orientation,” Boyd said.

More at link.

[viva la]

1. They will argue being unvaxxed is a protected status

I got dropped by a doctor once because I didn't come in every week for a bp check. I thought that was overly cautious. She thought I was being a pain.

They don't have to put up with patients they think are ignoring their advice.

[Thunderbeast]

2. Triage is an important element of emergency care.

THIS is an emergency.

When people are denied needed care because all beds are taken by "voluntary victims" (those refusing a public health necessity), the responsibility of physicians is to make the difficult choices about who gets the benefit of limited resources.

Society MUST ration care based on a number of factors. Sending a cardiac patient to a distant hospital on a medivac hellicopter so that "Bubba" can be intubated (so he can "own the liberals" ) can not be sustained. Too many healthcare workers have lost their lives due to Covid exposure.

[Midnight Writer]

3. What if the doctor claimed a religious exemption?

Willfully spreading disease is not very Christian.