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As I understand it many hospitals are understaffed, over saturated, and do not have the capacity to handle an on-surge of Omicron patients. To me, people with Covid that have willfully not protected themselves, (no vaccines) should be at the bottom of the list for admission. Patients needing other treatments at the hospital, non-Covid should be admitted. Some might die in this process, but that was essentially their choice IMO. Rant Off.
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Rant On: OK, I know this might be unpopular and some will call me brutal, however, [View all]
RKP5637
Dec 2021
OP
K&R, I'm mostly done with people who aren't doing the most to protect themselves
uponit7771
Dec 2021
#2
I would hate to burden the unvaccinated with any of this medical or science stuff
Sherman A1
Dec 2021
#5
I read at least one article that suggest insurance companies are on the verge of NOT paying for.....
usaf-vet
Dec 2021
#56
I have been pushing this idea for months ... I'm sick of these people who because of political ...
Botany
Dec 2021
#19
We'd still have to write COFFIN on it for the struggling to breathe mouth-breathers
Nevilledog
Dec 2021
#73
I will always remember some 12 to 14 year old boy who had cancer could not get into ...
Botany
Dec 2021
#22
I'm so sorry. I wish there is something that I could write or say to make you feel better.
Botany
Dec 2021
#139
THIS! If they were that dead-set against taking precautions or getting vaccinated,
calimary
Dec 2021
#125
I'll do you one better: if you show up at the ER for something non-covid related,
Volaris
Dec 2021
#4
It's not unprecedented. If you're on the transplant list for new lungs and keep smoking
meadowlander
Dec 2021
#77
As an ex-military medic, I hate the idea of treating mass casualties from failing to get vaccinated.
usaf-vet
Dec 2021
#68
Staffing. To staff field hospitals most of the doctors and nurses would come from the reserve.....
usaf-vet
Dec 2021
#74
Hospice tents, not hospital tents. With all the horse medicine and bleach given for free. No cost.
Tommymac
Dec 2021
#24
Many employers (mine included) have a surcharge for tobacco use. Why not a vax refusal surcharge?
Lisa0825
Dec 2021
#118
To all the anti-vaxxers I say, you can't be a political martyr unless you actually die. So get to it
Rabrrrrrr
Dec 2021
#47
agree, if they don't believe in science, why are they taking up space at hospitals. n/t
iluvtennis
Dec 2021
#50
Like what happened in Italy last year during height of COVID, the prioritization of who is treated
iluvtennis
Dec 2021
#49
If people are stupid enough to smoke then yes, put them at the end of the line too.
totodeinhere
Dec 2021
#60
Well, thats not the way THIS country works. Might as well euthanize 'em too, right?
oldsoftie
Dec 2021
#136
We should keep it to Covid - if you're unvaccinated and come to hospital to be treated for covid,
iluvtennis
Dec 2021
#104
You'll have a difficult time finding many people here who disagree with that.
NurseJackie
Dec 2021
#75
You can only toss a life-line so many times before you just can't even move your arm.
jaxexpat
Dec 2021
#80