Were I in charge of a hospital, admission for Covid-19 treatment

[BobTheSubgenius]

41. I admit to being very conflicted about the central point here.

The ability to hold opposing thoughts in your head is supposed to be an indicator of being a liberal, but maybe it's not so good, at times.

Viscerally, I like the idea of making them lie in the bed they've made, but I know that at least the vast majority of the medical profession believes in treating everyone. Doctors even swear an oath, and the vital nature of their work and the ethics therein protect them from certain legal consequences, at times.

All that said, it's worth noting that hospitals here (Victoria BC, and I imagine through the rest of the province) have signs prominently posted that abusive behavior, physical or verbal, can get you escorted from the property, or arrested. So tolerance of certain behaviors certainly has limits.

I also realize that these seem to be two different situations, but there is overlap. Willingly spreading a virus can be prosecuted as assault, or attempted murder.

Here is part of a legal opinion, and it surely seems to give the OP's proposition a certain amount of oxygen. (pun intended)

Only someone acting to intentionally infect another, and successfully doing so, would face a 25-year prison term (the maximum for a class B felony). An unsuccessful attempt to infect, or acting with “reckless disregard,” would be a class D felony. That is punishable by a maximum of five years in prison.