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An Alabama doctor announced he would not treat patients who refused to get vaccinated against COVID-19 ...

Alabama Doctor Refuses to Treat Unvaccinated COVID Patients

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11 minutes ago, jive turkey said:

That's been established.  What's your point? You agree with that? 

Why single out one vaccination status to discriminate against?

It's not a new phenomenon for medical providers to decline to care for Antivaxxers. 

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On 8/21/2021 at 11:06 PM, Curious1997 said:

So what about the donkey drug that republicans are pushing now, Ivermectin! 

Donkeys have never been seen to wear masks so they think it must be because of the drugs they take that makes them immune ?????

LOL right?! years ago someone told me to ask my vet about it as heartworm prevention for my dog and he flat out told me it was too dangerous. If my dog can't take it I'll probably steer clear too! The proven safe and effective vaccine will do for me, thanks ?

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Back in the 80s when HIV had another nasty name (won’t even post it because it is so disparaging to our LGBTQ community) physicians were refusing to care for HIV positive patients… 

In my eyes that’s despicable. Kind of like refusing to care for someone based of the color of their skin, or lack of insurance, or non-compliance with their diabetic treatment regimen.

It doesn’t matter if this situation is arrogance or martyrdom. The patient loses. Many patients aren’t educated enough to understand the importance of vaccination. Are we going to kick grandpa out of the hospital becAuse he has CHF and keeps eating salt?! 

Be the change you hope to see. I will continue to educate my patients on the importance of the vaccine…

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On 8/21/2021 at 2:06 PM, macawake said:

Unless you classify the refusal to get vaccinated as a disease, then what this doctor is doing is not refusing to treat a disease. 

This decision seems to be targeting individuals with a certain behavior, not persons with a specific disease. They have made a choice that would be fine if they existed in a vacuum or resided in other space but since they don’t, their decision places others at risk. They’ve made that choice, but it’s not too late for them to make a new and better choice and get vaccinated.

When we have a situation with widespread transmission in a pandemic setting and many hospitals are stretched so thin that they are barely coping, then it makes sense to me to not welcome people who aren’t interested in keeping others safe, to your waiting room. I simply don’t understand why some people demand access and expect to be a part of a society that they show little concern for and don’t appear to have a desire to protect . There’s a sense of entitlement there that I find off-putting.

 

Exactly right. It's targeting behavior, not people with certain health care conditions.  And people who want the benefits of society have a responsibility, too. But they forget that part.

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2 hours ago, SmilingBluEyes said:

Exactly right. It's targeting behavior, not people with certain health care conditions.  And people who want the benefits of society have a responsibility, too. But they forget that part.

Civic Duty and Patriotic sacrifice get lost in the selfishness of personal freedom. 

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On 8/21/2021 at 2:58 AM, jive turkey said:

I sure hope we don't.  It would be such a double standard. Of all the self inflicted slow deaths going on its hypocritical to single out one disease to refuse treatment for. 

I would be concerned it's being done out of spite, retaliation, or to gain publicity. 

NO.  It is not a double standard.  Sitting next to a diabetic smoker in a restaurant or a waiting room in no way compared to sitting next to an unvaccinated person.  Apples and oranges.  This doctor is protecting himself, his staff and his patients.

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I’ve heard of this happening, doctors walking out in protest because of the unvaccinated. WOW!? Do your job and treat the sick. You took an oath. You treat the homeless guy who refuses to get a job and doesn’t have insurance, you treat the smoker for lung cancer, the obese heart patient…why is this any different? Those patients made choices as well. I don’t approve of transgenderism but I still treat those patients just as I would anyone else.  People in medicine have become heartless and forget that people have a choice as to what they put in their body. The comments people leave In Regards to one choosing not to get vaccinated are so cruel and heartless. Makes me lose faith in humanity. Personally I’d rather care for an unvaccinated patient sick with COVID than one who was vaccinated and then hospitalized with COVID.  

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19 hours ago, subee said:

NO.  It is not a double standard.  Sitting next to a diabetic smoker in a restaurant or a waiting room in no way compared to sitting next to an unvaccinated person.  Apples and oranges.  This doctor is protecting himself, his staff and his patients.

Um OK seriously? You think you’re in harms way cuz you’re sitting next to someone who is unvaccinated? ? Don’t be so dramatic. 

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30 minutes ago, veganista13 said:

Um OK seriously? You think you’re in harms way cuz you’re sitting next to someone who is unvaccinated? ? Don’t be so dramatic. 

It spreads by air.  How do you think people get infected?  I don't even want one of those mild cases that leaves one with long-covid.  Sturgis?  South Dakota sees 352% Covid surge in wake of biker event dubbed a ‘super spreader’ last year (Yahoo.com)  Do you think that all these people shared body fluids?  They shared the mere air in bars, restaurants and outdoor crowds.

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43 minutes ago, veganista13 said:

Um OK seriously? You think you’re in harms way cuz you’re sitting next to someone who is unvaccinated? ? Don’t be so dramatic. 

You don't think that respiratory viruses are spread by just sitting next to an infected person? You aren't a nurse are you? 

Were you trying to be dramatic with that ignorant remark?

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4 minutes ago, toomuchbaloney said:

You don't think that respiratory viruses are spread by just sitting next to an infected person? You aren't a nurse are you? 

Were you trying to be dramatic with that ignorant remark?

Maybe they think veganism will protect them:)

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17 minutes ago, toomuchbaloney said:

You don't think that respiratory viruses are spread by just sitting next to an infected person? You aren't a nurse are you? 

Were you trying to be dramatic with that ignorant remark?

I believe they spread by the coughing and aerosolizing of fluids. But after working in nursing home COVID units for the 30 days straight at a time for 12 and 16 hour days I didn’t wear masks or other protection around my asymptomatic patients and I never got it from them. When I had COVID but only lost taste and smell I had never coughed and no one for it from me.  Consider it my own anecdotal evidence. Yes I said it ANECDOTAL evidence!! If you don’t believe in it open your eyes, read spontaneous healing. I know you won't cuz you strike me as the person who thinks they know everything. But try and be open minded.  

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