We don't owe the unvaccinated priority on hospital care

[TexasTowelie]

By Michael A. Smith, Editor -- The Galveston County Daily News


People have a right to reject vaccination against COVID-19; no question.

The question is how much responsibility does society have to prioritize health care for people who’ve made that risky personal decision.

That question will become more and more relevant if more and more people become seriously ill and demand more and more of limited health services.

It also highlights a strange paradox.

Among the main things driving the militant anti-vax bloc is a fear and loathing of the big evils — big government, big pharma, big tech, big this, big that, big the other thing — all of which, the theory argues, act in concert to beguile, befuddle and bamboozle the gullible into being vaccinated.

Read more: https://www.galvnews.com/opinion/editorials/free/article_218a58d6-9417-5731-ae60-c1010b819393.html

[Sherman A1]

1. I completely agree

My thoughts are somewhat stronger on the topic of the anti vaccination 💉 /anti mask 😷 crowd and their ability to overwhelm our health care system both now and inevitably damaging it in the future, but I will keep those thoughts to myself.

[OldBaldy1701E]

7. I am thinking

That it may be time to stop 'keeping those thoughts to myself'. This 'high road' that we seem to want to travel may be nicer at first, but if it doesn't lead anywhere... you see my point. But, I agree as well. If I were to continue to step in front of cars as they passed, one would think I would be appraised for competency... yet this is not happening to those who spout unprovable, non-scientific reasoning as to why they won't get the damn vaccine. (Spoiler alert: regardless of their stated motives, it is still all about 'owning the libs/smart people/society'... what a great excuse for making this last longer than it should as well as endangering innocents and those who legitimately cannot get the vaccine. But, no evaluations for competency on such people... interesting.)

[LeftInTX]

13. Yes tempting, but also against medical ethics

In normal times, hospitals are full of people who have mistreated their bodies.....

[OldBaldy1701E]

16. But

Their 'mistreatment' does not (normally) endanger others around them. Their mistreatment does not create a country-wide crisis. I think this situation is a little bit different. Please remember that these same people are willing to risk all children in the name of a little green piece of paper, as well as actively cheering for the deaths of any and all 'librul' Democrats from this illness.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

2. That is until the unvaccinated NEED a Doctor to save them.

With the very science they REJECTED in the first place.

I believe in Karma.

[flor-de-jasmim]

3. Selections (should) have consequences.

[FBaggins]

15. Except that doesn't hold true for other medical services

We don’t block cancer treatments for smokers or ER visits for drunk drivers or rehab services for people who used painkillers “recreationally” rather than for an injury.

Society shows our disapprobation in other ways than in withholding necessary medical care

[Girard442]

4. Yeah, I hear Tucker is gonna do a show about the evils of ICUs and ventilators.

[area51]

5. Ugh, he used the rightwing phrase "health care consumers".

We're patients, not consumers looking to buy a sofa.

[KG]

6. had me until 'foreign troll farms.'

[LeftInTX]

10. Russian troll farms are spreading anti-vax propaganda

[James48]

8. You should need a vaccine passport

To get admitted to the hospital. Period.

[Sherman A1]

12. Not a bad idea

Not bad at all.

[bucolic_frolic]

9. A right to reject vaccination?

Measles, mumps, rubella, tetanus? I think this Texas journalist has been infected by libertarianism.

[LeftInTX]

11. Did you read the article?

[joshdawg]

14. They may have the right to not get vaccinated, but

they do not have the right to infect anyone. And they will if they remain unvaccinated.

[markie]

17. disagree...

"People have a right to reject vaccination against COVID-19; no question"

I have questions and so should everyone... there are legitimate reasons that someone cannot get the vaccination

but... as a citizen of this Country we have responsibilities towards each other... we have responsibilities to help protect each other from unnecessary harm... we follow rules of the road... we require vaccinations to enter school... we prosecute people with HIV that knowingly infect others... we have hate crime laws... we share burdens by taxation and others means... etc...



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