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In reply to the discussion: As a diabetic, I'm very tired of seeing diabetics compared to anti-vaxxers. [View all]wnylib
(21,146 posts)13. Diabetics are more vulnerable to
Last edited Sat Sep 25, 2021, 10:11 AM - Edit history (1)
severe illness and death from covid. I have seen a few posts occasionally that blame diabetics for that vulnerability, claiming (incorretly) that diabetics have brought their condition on themselves through unhealthy living and therefore, like anti vaxxers, do not deserve to be treated for covid.
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As a diabetic, I'm very tired of seeing diabetics compared to anti-vaxxers. [View all]
GaYellowDawg
Sep 2021
OP
They are ZOMBIES! They are Toxic. They can spread their disease. They want to eat your brain.
Ford_Prefect
Sep 2021
#3
Antivaxxers will say that if antivaxxers shouldn't be treated for Covid at hospitals
pnwmom
Sep 2021
#14
Some posters on DU are drawing false equivalencies between unvaxxed patients and diabetic patients.
Crunchy Frog
Sep 2021
#18
I haven't seen it and I sincerely hope that nobody but DU jurors got to see it
TexasTowelie
Sep 2021
#26
I have. They say people with diabetes and certain other conditions are more likely
pnwmom
Sep 2021
#15
Nor have I, certianly not in the way a few on this thread are claiming (with no evidence).
Celerity
Sep 2021
#20
This is all about a single post in another thread? You are making a whole new thread about it
Scrivener7
Sep 2021
#40
The general question is "should people who engage in self destructive behaviors receive treatment"?
Klaralven
Sep 2021
#43
The moral principle of triage is to allocate medical resources to achieve the best survival rate
Klaralven
Sep 2021
#49